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* <section begin=target-author />Barrett, L.F.<section end=target-author /> | * <section begin=target-author />Barrett, L.F.<section end=target-author /> | ||
* <section begin=target-title />Are Emotions Natural Kinds?<section end=target-headline /> | * <section begin=target-title />Are Emotions Natural Kinds?<section end=target-headline /> | ||
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==Responses== | ==Responses== | ||
* <section begin=target-response-1-headline />Emotion is Natural but Categories are Not<section end=target-response-1-headline /> | * <section begin=target-response-1-headline />Emotion is Natural but Categories are Not<section end=target-response-1-headline /> | ||
* <section begin=target-response-1-snip />''[[Are Emotions Natural Kinds?|Barrett (2006)]] argues against the construct of emotion by conflating the basic-emotions perspective in neural physiology with a type of category discussed in reference philosophy...'' Alvarado/Barrett: {{:Formats:Alvarado 2006-09-23}}<section end=target-response-1-snip /> | * <section begin=target-response-1-snip />''[[Are Emotions Natural Kinds?|Barrett (2006)]] argues against the construct of emotion by conflating the basic-emotions perspective in neural physiology with a type of category discussed in reference philosophy...'' Alvarado/Barrett: {{:Formats:Alvarado 2006-09-23}}<section end=target-response-1-snip /> | ||
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- 2006-09-23
- Barrett, L.F.
- Are Emotions Natural Kinds?
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- Emotion is Natural but Categories are Not
- Barrett (2006) argues against the construct of emotion by conflating the basic-emotions perspective in neural physiology with a type of category discussed in reference philosophy... Alvarado/Barrett: Formats:Alvarado 2006-09-23
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Laypeople and scientists alike believe tha … 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.r the scientific understanding of emotion. +
Barrett 2006 +
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1, 28-58 +