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EMOTIONS, OTHERS AND THE SELFÅBO/TURKU FINLAND 2005August 25-27The research group “Emotions and Understanding” at the Department of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku/Åbo, Finland, organises an international conference on the theme “Emotions, Others and the Self”, 25-27 August, 2005.*********************************************************LAST MINUTE ANNOUNCEMENTSClick on the following link for some instructions for reaching the conference site, the dinner cruise on friday, etc.Information (MS Word Document)
PaymentThe conference fee (and the payment for lunches, the conference cd and dinner) should be paid when registering at the conference info desk on Thursday morning, 9.00-9.45.Click here for the conference fees *********************************************************CONFERENCE PROGRAMClick on the following links for the conference program (Main sessions and workshops).*********************************************************THEME OF THE CONFERENCEIn recent years academic interest in emotions has increased in different fields such as psychology, cognitive science, education, and philosophy. In philosophy emotions are now considered to be important from many different angles, in moral philosophy as well as in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, social and political philosophy, etc.The focus of philosophical discussions of emotions has often been on whether emotions are merely feelings or whether they involve rational thinking. These discussions tend to concentrate on how emotions concern us as individuals. Rather than discussing emotions as a matter of individual experience or as a matter of rational belief, the theme of this conference is to bring out the various roles emotions have from the perspective of a life shared with other people.
Themes that may be discussed from an interpersonal perspective are: Emotions and moral concern; Emotions and personal relations; How do we understand other people’s emotions?; Emotions from a feminist perspective; Emotions and the body; The other as a condition for emotional maturity and growth; Emotions, health and madness; Emotions and self-understanding; Interpersonal emotions such as love, envy, hate, jealousy, anger, sorrow, shame, guilt etc. Other workshop themes may also come up depending on the abstracts that are submitted.
The abstracts of the workshop papers are available on the following links.
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