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[[author::Barrett, L.F.]] | |||
[[year::2006]] | |||
[[cite/author::Barrett 2006]] | |||
[[title::Are Emotions Natural Kinds?]] | |||
[[published in::Perspectives on Psychological Science]] | |||
[[cite/source::''Perspectives on Psychological Science'', 1, 28-58]] | |||
<call func=smw.let.echo key=abstract>Laypeople and scientists alike believe that they know anger, or sadness, or fear, when they see it. These emotions and a few others are presumed to have specific causal mechanisms in the brain and properties that are observable (on the face, in the voice, in the body, or in experience) – that is, they are assumed to be natural kinds. If a given emotion is a natural kind and can be identified objectively, then it is possible to make discoveries about emotion. Indeed, the scientific study of emotion is founded on this assumption. In this article, I review the accumulating empirical evidence that is inconsistent with the view that there are kinds of emotion with boundaries that are carved in nature. I then consider what moving beyond a natural-kind view might mean for the scientific understanding of emotion.</call> | |||
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