Undergraduate Module Descriptor

PHL3060: Philosophy of Emotion

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level 6
Credits 15 ECTS Value 7.5
Term(s) and duration

This module ran during term 2 (11 weeks)

Academic staff

Professor Giovanna Colombetti (Convenor)

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Available via distance learning

No

In this module you will explore what kind of mental states emotions are. It addresses the following questions: Are emotions bodily sensations? How do they relate to cognition? Are emotions necessarily felt, or can they be unconscious? And what is the relation between emotions, moods, and other types of affective feelings? The module presents some of the answers that philosophers have provided (with some excursions into physiological and psychological research).

There are no prerequisites for taking this module. 

Module created

15/12/2014

Last revised

23/01/18