Emotions: a Philosophical Introduction
Philosophy is like sex: sure you can get some interesting results, but that's not why we do it. Going one step beyond…why do you FEEL pain or pleasure? Do plants have emotions? How is possible that some people do not understand other’s emotions? Emotions seem to be everywhere, giving meaning to all events of our lives. They are the backbone of social activities as well as they drive the cognitive processes of several living entities.
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Philosophy is like sex: sure you can get some interesting results, but that's not why we do it. Going one step beyond…why do you FEEL pain or pleasure? Do plants have emotions? How is possible that some people do not understand other’s emotions? Emotions seem to be everywhere, giving meaning to all events of our lives. They are the backbone of social activities as well as they drive the cognitive processes of several living entities. Several animals, including humans, have emotions but…what about machines?...Do machine can have emotions? This course will help you to understand and to identify most important philosophical ideas and debates about emotions, as well as it will provide you a rich source of data about neurological, psychological or anthropological analysis of emotions. In a nutshell: this is a course to feel and think about.Modules
Welcome to the course!
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- Syllabus
- Evaluation
- Certification
- Solving doubts and technical issues
- FAQs - General topics
- FAQs - Assessments and Certificate
Week 1 overview
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Lectures. Where do emotions come from?
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- What is an emotion and why do we have them? Some definitions
- The ABC of emotional processes
- Why do emotions exist and how many living entities have emotions?
- How did emotions evolve?
- Where do emotions happen?
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Week 2 overview
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Lectures. How many emotions do exist?
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- Protoemotions, the Holy Grail of protostudies
- A taxonomy of emotions
- The geography of emotions: Guilt vs Shame cultures
- Aware: attention, data selection and the aesthetical feeling of ahness
- L2.5. No pain, no gain? The modulatory nature of emotions
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Week 3 overview
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Lectures. What does a plant feel?
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- From nonsense to sense? A bacterial dilemma
- Animal emotion
- The qualia problem
- Conscious vs Unconscious emotions
- Ghost and chronic emotions
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Lectures. A neuroanthropological approach to emotions: from neurons to societies
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- Unemotional neurons but emotional brains
- Emotions without brains?
- Emotions, empathy and ethics: neuroethical challenges
- The moral control of the emotional mind
- The social management of emotions
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Lectures. The philosophies on emotions
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- The classic Western debates on the nature of emotions
- The classic Eastern debates on the nature of emotions
- The methodological debates on emotions across history
- The transdisciplinarity of emotional studies: an epistemological gap
- Damasio’s success and Descartes’s error, the new fashion (or trend?)
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Lectures. 21st Century & emotions: affective computing and sociable robots
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- Neural Nets
- Emotional Architectures
- Affective computing
- Social robotics and HRI
- Emotional machines and singularity?
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Get the distinction
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"Emotions: a Philosophical Introduction" is a foundational course offered by Coursera in the Health & Fitness domain. Led by expert instructors, this engaging course explores the philosophical, neurological, psychological, and anthropological aspects of emotions. Over 900 minutes, students will delve into key debates and ideas about emotions, examining their role in humans, animals, and even machines. Available through Starter and Professional subscriptions, this course is perfect for anyone interested in understanding the profound impact of emotions on our lives.
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