Emotion and ethics: An inter-(en)active approach

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 505-526

  Colombetti, Giovanna ^a   Torrance, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Empathy; Enaction; Ethics; Participatory sense making

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349120504     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-009-9137-3     Document Type: Article

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