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Author Kelly, Daniel R. (Daniel Ryan)

Title Yuck! : the nature and moral significance of disgust / Daniel Kelly
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 194 pages) : illustrations
Series Life and mind: philosophical issues in biology and psychology
Life and mind.
Contents Towards a functional theory of disgust -- Poisons and parasites: the entanglement thesis and the evolution of disgust -- Disgust's sentimental signaling system: expression, recognition and the transmission of cultural information -- Disgust and moral psychology: tribal instincts and the co-opt thesis -- Disgust and normative ethics: the irrelevance of repugnance and dangers of moralization
Summary An exploration of the character and evolution of disgust and the role this emotion plays in our social and moral lives
Analysis PHILOSOPHY/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
SUBJECT Aversion gnd
Subject Aversion.
Emotions.
Emotions
emotion.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Emotions.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
Aversion
Emotions
Ekel
Gefühl
Moralpsychologie
Aversion.
Ekel.
Philosophie.
Aversioner.
Känslor.
Form Electronic book
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