Ondřej Švec: Emotions Inside Out: A Phenomenological Account of Emotional Conducts

Přednáška proběhne v anglickém jazyce.

ABSTRACT: I will present several arguments against the widely held prejudice that the actual form of an emotion is decided somewhere deep within us, while the emotional gesture, action, or posture comes after the fact, as a mere supplement. This conception is biased in that it artificially separates the emotion itself, with its presumably inner reality, from its outer manifestation, whereby our surroundings are subsequently informed of this reality. Il will show that emotions acquire their identity and determinacy through our conduct, which thus cannot be a mere consequence of emotions but their constitutive dimension. I further suggest that emotions should be considered a specific kind of conducts, since the way in which a person acts out her emotions shapes their content, regulates their intensity and transforms the amorphous flow of felt motivations into a recognizable emotional stance for which she is held accountable.