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Northwestern University's Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series presents Vanderbilt University's Matthew Congdon

Friday, November 7, 2025 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Kresge Hall, 1515, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Title: Two Myths about Emotion

 

An old myth once held that emotion and reason are fundamentally opposed. In this paper, I argue that a common philosophical strategy for overcoming this myth—defending an analogy between emotional rationality and propositional rationality—constitutes many philosophers’ “new myth” about emotion. I defend the alternative that emotions help frame agents’ outlooks in ways that precede and underlie the possibility of forming propositional attitudes in the first place. I conclude by considering the implications this has for an account of the rational assessment of emotions.

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Emily Berry   (847) 491-3656

e-berry@northwestern.edu

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