The emotions pose many philosophical questions. We don't choose them; they come over us spontaneously. Sometimes emotions seem to get it wrong: we experience wr

Recent years have seen an enormous amount of philosophical research into the emotions and the imagination, but as yet little work has been done to connect the t

Articulates an imaginationist solution to the question of how purely instrumental music can be perceived by a listener as having emotional content. Both musicia

An exploration of the biology of meaning that integrates the role of subjective processes with current knowledge of brain/mind function.

An Early History of Compassion explores the role of the emotional imagination within the context of Roman imperialism.