Gut Reactions: A Perceptual Theory of Emotion (Philosophy of Mind Series)

by JesseJ.Prinz (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $33.25

  Gut reactions is an interdisciplinary defense of the claim that emotions are perceptions of changes in the body. The basic idea behind embodied appraisals is captured in the familiar notion of a gut reaction . Drawing a parallel between emotion consciousness and visual consciousness, this title shows that emotion is a form of perception.