PHIL 306: The Philosophy of Emotion
Course Description
A survey of influential philosophical views of emotion. Topics include “feeling-center” versus “cognitivist” theories of emotion, the relationship between emotion and other sorts of mental state, how types of emotion differ from one another, the evaluation of emotional states in terms of reasonableness or appropriateness, and the value of emotion in a human life. Prerequisite: One prior Philosophy course, or Junior standing, or instructor consent.