The Passions
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A survey of astonishing breadth and penetration. No cognitive neuroscientist should ever conduct an experiment in the domain of the emotions without reading this book, twice. Parashkev Nachev, Institute of Neurology, UCL There is not a slack moment in the whole of this impressive work. With his remarkable facility for making fine distinctions, and his commitment to lucidity, Peter Hacker has subtly characterized those emotions such as pride, shame, envy, jealousy, love or sympathy which make up
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This philosophical investigation offers a comprehensive examination of human emotions, from pride and shame to love and jealousy, with remarkable analytical precision. Hacker's work stands out for its commitment to lucidity and its facility for making fine distinctions between emotional states that are often conflated in both everyday language and scientific discourse. The book's penetrating survey of the passions provides readers with a sophisticated framework for understanding the complex landscape of human feeling, challenging simplistic neuroscientific approaches to emotion.
What makes this volume particularly valuable is its refusal to reduce emotions to mere brain states, instead treating them as rich psychological phenomena worthy of careful philosophical attention. Readers interested in the philosophy of mind and psychology will find themselves equipped with sharper conceptual tools for thinking about everything from envy to sympathy. The author's subtle characterization of how different passions shape human experience makes this an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand the intricate architecture of emotional life.
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