Emotion, evolution and rationality

Do our emotions stop us being rational? For thousands of years emotions have been thought of as obstacles to intelligent thought. In this book, leading thinkers from philosophy psychology and neuroscience challenge this commonly held view of emotion in a series of challenging essays

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evans, Dylan
Other Authors: Cruse, Pierre
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2004, 2004
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:Do our emotions stop us being rational? For thousands of years emotions have been thought of as obstacles to intelligent thought. In this book, leading thinkers from philosophy psychology and neuroscience challenge this commonly held view of emotion in a series of challenging essays
Physical Description:xviii, 273 p. ill
ISBN:9780191689604
0191689602