On the Emotions

by Richard Wollheim

Book Overview

Leading philosopher Richard Wollheim recruits into service the insights of literature and of psychoanalysis, as well as of philosophy, in this rich and thought-provoking account of the emotions. Starting from the premise that emotions form a distinct psychological category, Wollheim argues that they are--like beliefs and desires--dispositions or underlying forces in the mind that erupt from time to time into the stream of consciousness. However, to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300079745
• ISBN13: 9780300079746
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"