An Eidetics Phenomenology of Emotions: Notes on the Chiasmatic Character of the Emotional Dimension of Existence
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angličtina
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An Eidetics Phenomenology of Emotions: Notes on the Chiasmatic Character of the Emotional Dimension of Existence
Original language description
This article critically examines Paul Ricoeur's eidetic phenomenology of emotions. With reference to his early phenomenological analysis of the will, developed in his work entitled Freedom and Nature: The Voluntary and the Involuntary (1950/1960), emotions will be understood as involuntary aspects involved in the essential structures of willing. My analysis will be divided into two parts. First, I will discuss Ricoeur's conception of emotions as tied to his sustained attention to the theme of embodiment as entailing activity (e.g., wanting, moving, doing) and resistance (internal and external). In particular, emotions will be considered in relation to Ricoeur's first two moments of willing: decision and voluntary movement. I will show that emotions are linked to needs, motives, and values, conceived as the body's involuntary dimensions correlated to decision, and I will explain their role as organs for effective action. In this context, I will stress the connection between emotions and imagination based on embodiment, as well as Ricoeur's rejection of the opposition between emotionality and rationality. Then, the second part will focus on Ricoeur's distinction between feelings and emotions and on his careful analysis of the difference between emotions and passions. These reflections will lead to Ricoeur's study of wonder as the most basic emotional attitude. Ricoeur's phenomenology of emotions offers rich insights for any philosophical reflection on the ubiquitous nature of emotions and emotional experiences.
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
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I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Studia Universitatis Babe?-Bolyai Philosophia
ISSN
2065-9407
e-ISSN
1221-8138
Volume of the periodical
2025
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
RO - ROMANIA
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
41-58
UT code for WoS article
001672682600003
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