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EMOTION REVIEW
Volume 4, Issue 4, Pages 345-357Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1754073912445818
Keywords
action tendencies; components of emotion; definition of emotion; emotion episodes; feeling
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A definition of emotion common to the affective sciences is an urgent desideratum. Lack of such a definition is a constant source of numerous misunderstandings and a series of mostly fruitless debates. There is little hope that there ever will be agreement on a common definition of emotion, given the sacred traditions of the disciplines involved and the egos of the scholars working in these disciplines. Our aim here is more modest. We propose a list of elements for a working definition of emotion and discuss the justification for the inclusion of elements from our respective perspectives (philosophy and psychology). This working partial definition may at least serve as a litmus test to examine theories of emotion, old and new, across disciplinary boundaries.
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