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. 2012 Jun;35(3):147-8.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001695.

Emotions as mind organs

Beatrice de Gelder  1 , Mathieu Vandenbulcke
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Emotions as mind organs

Beatrice de Gelder et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

In matters of the mind, the opposition between what is mind-made or inside and natural or outside the mind is bound to misfire. Lindquist et al. build their analysis on a strong contrast between naturalism, which they reject, and psychologism, which they endorse. We challenge this opposition and indicate how adopting psychologism to combat a naturalistic view of emotional mind/brain areas is self-defeating. We briefly develop the alternative view of emotions as mental organs.

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  • The brain basis of emotion: a meta-analytic review.
    Lindquist KA, Wager TD, Kober H, Bliss-Moreau E, Barrett LF. Lindquist KA, et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Jun;35(3):121-43. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11000446. Behav Brain Sci. 2012. PMID: 22617651 Free PMC article. Review.

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