Open AccessReligious emotions in Pascal and Descartes
Author(s) -
Gábor Boros
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
különbség
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2560-158X
pISSN - 1785-7821
DOI - 10.14232/kulonbseg.2015.15.1.177
Subject(s) - passion , rationalism , affect (linguistics) , pascal (unit) , epistemology , philosophy , psychology , social psychology , linguistics , computer science , programming language
The 17th century abounds in theories about something variously referred to as passion, emotion, or affect. This interest in the philosophy of emotions is just as important as the interest in “reason” in the 17th century. Contrary to previous ideas that claimed the primacy of rationalism in this era, the two interests represent two sides of the same philosophical project. In this project the theory of the mind and the theory of emotions are two complementary aspects.