Article ID: CBB000410709

The Search Hypothesis of Emotion (2002)

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Many philosophers and psychologists now argue that emotions play a vital role in reasoning. This paper explores one particular way of elucidating how emotions help reason which may be dubbed 'the search hypothesis of emotion'. After outlining the search hypothesis of emotion and dispensing with a red herring that has marred previous statements of the hypothesis, I discuss two alternative readings of the search hypothesis. It is argued that the search hypothesis must be construed as an account of what emotions typically do, rather than as a definition of emotion. Even as an account of what emotions typically do, the search hypothesis can only be evaluated in the context of a specific theory of what emotions are.

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Description Explores one way in which emotions play a role in reasoning.


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Authors & Contributors
Ahmed, Sara
Morag, Talia
Crawford, Tony
Strickland, Lloyd
Plamper, Jan
Wunderlich, Falk
Concepts
Psychology
Philosophy
Emotions; passions
Cognitive psychology
Philosophy of science
Philosophy of mind
Time Periods
17th century
Medieval
20th century, early
18th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Places
United States
Europe
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