{"product_id":"the-rationality-of-emotion-9780262540575","title":"The Rationality of Emotion","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ronald de Sousa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this urbane and witty book, Ronald de Sousa disputes the widespread notion that reason and emotion are natural antagonists. He argues that emotions are a kind of perception, that their roots in the paradigm scenarios in which they are learned give them an essentially dramatic structure, and that they have a crucial role to-play in rational beliefs, desires, and decisions by breaking the deadlocks of pure reason.The book's twelve chapters take up the following topics: alternative models of mind and emotion; the relation between evolutionary, physiological, and social factors in emotions; a taxonomy of objects of emotions; assessments of emotions for correctness and rationality; the regulation by emotions of logical and practical reasoning; emotion and time; the mechanism of emotional self-deception; the ethics of laughter; and the roles of emotions in the conduct of life. There is also an illustrative interlude, in the form of a lively dialogue about the ideology of love, jealousy, and sexual exclusiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Bradford Book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46893778305175,"sku":"9780262540575","price":4555.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780262540575.webp?v=1770318877","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-rationality-of-emotion-9780262540575","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}