William James’ Theory of Emotions

Filling in the Picture

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ID8975241
AuthorsJ M Barbalet, Jack Barbalet (0000-0002-4212-7929, University of Exeter, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume29
Issue3
Pages251-266
Publication date1999-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-5914.00101
OpenAlexW2050135978
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The theory of emotion developed by William James has been subject to four criticisms. First, it is held that Jamesian emotion is without function, that it plays no role in cognition and behavior. Second, that James ignores the role of experience in emotion. Third, that James overstated the role of physical processes in emotion. Fourth, that James’ theory of emotion has been experimentally demonstrated to be false. A fifth point, less an explicit criticism than an assumption, holds that James has nothing to offer a social psychology of emotions. It will be shown in this paper that not one of these criticisms of James' theory of emotion can be sustianed

Art · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Criticism · Epistemology · Function (biology · Literature · Nothing · Psychoanalysis · Subject (documents · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology · Social Psychology

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