Strong Feelings

Does anger impede political progress or is it essential for change? Does love make us biased or is it the foundation of ethical thinking? Might shame alter not merely our perception of the world, but the very world itself? Reason is often contrasted with emotion, but what if emotion is essential for understanding traditional philosophical ideas? And how did we end up thinking that reason could ever do without emotion?

Luke Brunning (@lukephilosophy) is British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford.

Luna Dolezal (@lunadolezal) is Lecturer in Philosophy and Medical Humanities, University of Exeter.

MM McCabe (@mmmccabe1) is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy, King’s College London.

Clare Moriarty (@quiteclare) is a Fellow, The Forum; Doctoral Researcher, King’s College London.

The Forum for European Philosophy (@ForumPhilosophy) is an educational charity that organises a full and varied programme of philosophy and interdisciplinary events in the UK.

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