On the Virtual Expression of Emotion in Writing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4978293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Trip Glazer (0000-0002-7153-6940, Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-194 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Aesthetics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0904 • E-ISSN: 1468-2842 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/aesthj/ayw092 |
| OpenAlex | W2593708682 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Richard Wollheim claims that speech acts express emotions always in virtue of how they are said and never solely in virtue of what they say. However, it would seem to follow that we cannot express our emotions in writing, since texts preserve what we wish to say without recording how we would wish to say it. I argue that Wollheim's thesis in fact sheds new light on how authors can and do express their emotions in writing. In short, an author must employ a variety of techniques within appropriate contexts to substitute for the non-verbal behaviours that would express her emotions physically. This substitution constitutes a 'virtual expression' just in case it empowers readers to vividly imagine the production of these behaviours
Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Expression (computer science · Linguistics · Literature · Variety (cybernetics · Virtue · Wish · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |