Add to ORKGThis essay critiques two of the main theories in the philosophy of emotions, the pure-cognitive theory and the neo-Jamesian theory, through the paradox of fiction. After explaining the different kinds of emotions we experience when engaging with fictions, I argue that a middle-ground, hybrid theory more adequately accounts for current scientific research and the paradox of fiction than either of the previous two. I propose a “HOT” theory of emotions (higher-order thought) specifically to explain complex emotions about fictions
The nature and consequences of readers’ affective engagement with literature has, in recent years, c...
In this paper I review developments in discussions of fiction and emotion over the last decade, conc...
The common position in philosophy calls into question the ability of our emotions that derive from f...
This essay critiques two of the main theories in the philosophy of emotions, the pure-cognitive theo...
The ‘feeling fiction problem' asks: is it rational to be moved by what happens to fictional characte...
In this essay I want to offer an analysis of the structure of the fictional emotions that we have re...
If feeling a genuine emotion requires believing that its object actually exists, and if this is a be...
Contrary to the emotions we feel in everyday contexts, the emotions we feel for fictional characters...
Starting from the observation that both real and fictional stimuli can cause emotions, the questions...
The thesis being presented concerns an issue of the paradox of fiction viewed as a theme of anglo- a...
The chapter considers the “paradox of fiction,” understood as the claim that it is in some sense irr...
The aim of this article is to explore in a systematic way the rationality of emotions elicited when ...
Contrary to the emotions we feel in everyday contexts, the emotions we feel for fictional characters...
This paper concerns the familiar topic of whether we can have genuinely emotional responses such as ...
The nature and consequences of readers’ affective engagement with literature has, in recent years, c...
In this paper I review developments in discussions of fiction and emotion over the last decade, conc...
The common position in philosophy calls into question the ability of our emotions that derive from f...
This essay critiques two of the main theories in the philosophy of emotions, the pure-cognitive theo...
The ‘feeling fiction problem' asks: is it rational to be moved by what happens to fictional characte...
In this essay I want to offer an analysis of the structure of the fictional emotions that we have re...
If feeling a genuine emotion requires believing that its object actually exists, and if this is a be...
Contrary to the emotions we feel in everyday contexts, the emotions we feel for fictional characters...
Starting from the observation that both real and fictional stimuli can cause emotions, the questions...
The thesis being presented concerns an issue of the paradox of fiction viewed as a theme of anglo- a...
The chapter considers the “paradox of fiction,” understood as the claim that it is in some sense irr...
The aim of this article is to explore in a systematic way the rationality of emotions elicited when ...
Contrary to the emotions we feel in everyday contexts, the emotions we feel for fictional characters...
This paper concerns the familiar topic of whether we can have genuinely emotional responses such as ...
The nature and consequences of readers’ affective engagement with literature has, in recent years, c...
In this paper I review developments in discussions of fiction and emotion over the last decade, conc...
The common position in philosophy calls into question the ability of our emotions that derive from f...