Judgment or Phantasia:A Reexamination of Nussbaum's Cognitive Theory of Emotion

doi:10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2022.02.007

Abstract

Abstract: As far as ethical thought is concerned,Martha C.Nussbaum is not only a supporter of Aristotle's non-scientific practical deliberation,but also an advocator of Stoicism's therapeutic ethics.According to Aristotle's view of practical deliberation,phantasia is the key factor to perfect perceptual judgment.However,the concern with soul therapy led Stoic ethics to favor emotional judgment.Nussbaum plays down the distinction between "judgment" and "phantasia" in order to provide a unified account of emotion:since all emotional judgments involve phantasia,emotion is essentially a judgment.From the perspective of Aristotle's account of phantasia and the practice of contemporary psychotherapy,to accept this unified explanation would be in danger of oversimplification,because the judgment theory of emotion and the phantasia theory of emotion respectively reveal the complex aspects of emotion.We believe that Nussbaum's efforts to provide a unified account of emotion might fail,and that the essential factor of emotion is not judgment but phantasia.

Key words: emotion, judgment, phantasia, Nussbaum, cognitive theory of emotion, non-scientific deliberation, Aristotle

ZUO Xi. Judgment or Phantasia:A Reexamination of Nussbaum's Cognitive Theory of Emotion[J]. Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences Edition), 2022, 43(2): 51-59.

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