Introspection of Emotions
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: We argue that knowledge of emotions essentially depends on introspecting the phenomenology of emotional experiences and that introspection of emotional experiences is a process by stages, where the most fundamental stage is a non‐classificatory introspective state. We call such a non‐classificatory kind of introspectionprimitive introspection. We aim to show that, although not sufficient, primitive introspection is a necessary ground to acquire knowledge of emotions. Our main argument is phenomenological: by examining a variety of examples, we suggest that an accurate analysis of the introspective process through which one comes to know, or refines one's knowledge of, one's current emotion requires that one primitively introspects it.
Source: Pacific philosophical quarterly
DOI: 10.1111/papq.12395
Authors: Bertille De Vlieger, Anna Giustina
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4200317276