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This picture of a child named Omar Daqneesh was taken in 2016 and was on the front page of many international newspapers after the bombing of Aleppo in…
The origins of emotions are constantly being studied by philosophers, scientists, psychologists, etc. With several proposed beliefs of “what an emotion is”, I find it difficult to give…
REFLECTION QUESTIONS CH. 2 On p. 35, Barrett states that “an emotion word such as ‘anger’ names a population of diverse instances, each one constructed to best guide…
1. Begin by reflecting on Soloman’s writing and argument style in comparison to Barrett’s. Do you find one to be more effective than the other? Why? Do you…
It seems that we have been conditioned to believe the classical view of emotions. Barrett offers a different theory- the theory of constructed emotion. Of these two, which…
Question I address: What’s the difference between jealousy and envy? Is happiness subjective, objective, or reflective? Can deviant cases be used to prove an argument? We began with…
Chapter 4 of Solomon, Love. We identified 3 types of love: Philia (friendship, sibling), Eros (romantic love, perhaps propelled by self-love or libido) and Agape (pure love, either…
Here are some resources that might be interesting for you to examine if you would like to think more deeply about some of the topics we have covered in Unit 1 of the course.
1. Solomon states that “an artist, or a social worker, or an entrepreneur may enjoy only a few brief moments of contentment and satisfaction. But if he or…