On Sexual Lust as an Emotion
Sexual lust has frequently been viewed as a motivational appetite or urge, rather than as an emotional feeling. I argue that this view of lust is too limited. Using a “componentialist” theory of emotion that has Aristotelian roots and has recently been refined by an interdisciplinary cadre of emotio...
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Associazione Culturale Humana.Mente
2019-07-01
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| author | Larry A. Herzberg |
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| description | Sexual lust has frequently been viewed as a motivational appetite or urge, rather than as an emotional feeling. I argue that this view of lust is too limited. Using a “componentialist” theory of emotion that has Aristotelian roots and has recently been refined by an interdisciplinary cadre of emotion theorists, I argue that describing episodes of lust as emotional is both apt and helps to explain the psychological reciprocity and phenomenological richness of interpersonal lust, as it has been described by Thomas Nagel and others. In the process, I suggest a somewhat novel way of relating emotion and motivation, and hopefully put to rest some humanist concerns about the limits of scientific psychology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-20cc464d3967456d948612d3c877d9ee2022-12-21T23:30:52ZengAssociazione Culturale Humana.MenteHumana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies1972-12932019-07-011235On Sexual Lust as an EmotionLarry A. Herzberg0University of Wisconsin - OshkoshSexual lust has frequently been viewed as a motivational appetite or urge, rather than as an emotional feeling. I argue that this view of lust is too limited. Using a “componentialist” theory of emotion that has Aristotelian roots and has recently been refined by an interdisciplinary cadre of emotion theorists, I argue that describing episodes of lust as emotional is both apt and helps to explain the psychological reciprocity and phenomenological richness of interpersonal lust, as it has been described by Thomas Nagel and others. In the process, I suggest a somewhat novel way of relating emotion and motivation, and hopefully put to rest some humanist concerns about the limits of scientific psychology.http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/255LustEmotionSexual AttractionSexual DesirePrinzEkman |
| spellingShingle | Larry A. Herzberg On Sexual Lust as an Emotion Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies Lust Emotion Sexual Attraction Sexual Desire Prinz Ekman |
| title | On Sexual Lust as an Emotion |
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| title_fullStr | On Sexual Lust as an Emotion |
| title_full_unstemmed | On Sexual Lust as an Emotion |
| title_short | On Sexual Lust as an Emotion |
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| topic | Lust Emotion Sexual Attraction Sexual Desire Prinz Ekman |
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