Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions

By Stephanie Beardman. 2004

302 citations recorded by the source corpus.

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/da3052bb960a9b9dd0caa63c0319f07ce13f0e47

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Social Psychology

Citations in the corpus

Counting blessings versus burdens: an experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. (2003, background): “Thus, making people aware of the things in their lives to be grateful for might increase their recognition of the need to reciprocate, and people may resent these obligations and even report strong negative feelings toward their benefactors, even as extreme as hatred (Elster, 1999).”
Honestly, why are you driving a BMW? (2006, background): “Still, as noted e.g. by Elster (1999, ch. 5) and Benabou and Tirole (2002), there is a limit to self-deception.”
Culture and the Historical Process (2012, background): “Although we are far from a complete understanding of the exact mechanics underlying our reliance on emotions, gut-feelings, values, hunches, non-conscious cues, or other short-cuts to decision making, there is ample evidence that these short-cuts do exist and pivotally influence decision making (de ”
Emotion and Rationality: A Critical Review and Interpretation of Empirical Evidence (2007, background): “For instance, in his treaty on emotion and rationality, Elster (1999) concentrates his analysis on intense emotional experiences of the kind discussed by classical writers.”
Why We Hate (2018, background): “…syndrome (Solomon, 1977), a form of generalized anger (Bernier & Dozier, 2002; Frijda, 1986; Power & Dalgleish, 1997), a generalized evaluation (Ben-Ze’ev, 2000), a normative judgment (McDevitt & Levin, 1993), a motive to devalue others (Rempel & Burris, 2005), or simply an emotion (Elster, 1999).”
The Nature and Role of Affect in Consumer Behavior (2008, background): “Aff ective states are said to stimulate action tendencies (Elster, 1999; Lazarus, 1991), action readiness (Frijda, Haugtvedt_ER5603X_C011.indd 325 11/10/2007 5:52:01 PM 1986; Lang, 1995), and goal shift s (Oatley, 1992; Simon, 1967).”
The dominance of fear over hope in the life of individuals and collectives (2006, background): “Emotions serve as mediators and as data for processes of feeling, judgment, evaluation, and decision making that may then lead to particular behaviors (Averill, 1980; Carver & Scheier, 1990; Elster, 1999; Frijda, 1986).”
When less is more (2004, background): “There need not be covariation among the different physiological changes, nor does a change in magnitude or direction of one component merit a similar change in any of the other three (Derryberry & Rothbart, 1984; Elster, 1999).”
Consciousness and the varieties of emotion experience: a theoretical framework. (2002, background): “Even if the range of emotions inducible in these ways is limited and even if there is a reduction in arousal, physiological expression and action tendencies (Elster, 1999), we classify such states as emotion as opposed to mood.”