Back to Emotions: a Philosophical Introduction
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Emotions: a Philosophical Introduction

Philosophy is like sex: sure you can get some interesting results, but that's not why we do it. Going one step beyond…why do you FEEL pain or pleasure? Do plants have emotions? How is possible that some people do not understand other’s emotions? Emotions seem to be everywhere, giving meaning to all events of our lives. They are the backbone of social activities as well as they drive the cognitive processes of several living entities. Several animals, including humans, have emotions but… what about machines?... Do machine can have emotions? This course will help you to understand and to identify most important philosophical ideas and debates about emotions, as well as it will provide you a rich source of data about neurological, psychological or anthropological analysis of emotions. In a nutshell: this is a course to feel and think about.

Status: Social Sciences
Status: Anthropology
BeginnerCourse16 hours

Featured reviews

EB

4.0Reviewed Mar 25, 2018

Interesting Course with a lot of information not only from a philosopical perspective but also from different scientific approaches!! Nice and very usefull bibliography !!

AL

5.0Reviewed Sep 1, 2024

An entertaining and informative discussion of emotions, from ancient philosophers to modern AI.

TC

5.0Reviewed Aug 5, 2016

Love this course. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to understand emotions. Jordi, I can't wait to do your next course.

GA

4.0Reviewed Nov 25, 2020

How can I ask for my certificate? I can't find that option. Thank you. gemaalava@gmail.com

CJ

4.0Reviewed Jan 29, 2017

Thanks for the course. I've learned a lot and will share my experiences to my friends :)

L

4.0Reviewed Aug 2, 2020

An interesting and thought provoking course. The instructor presents information in an engaging manner.

KK

5.0Reviewed Jan 1, 2022

Learned a lot about being a human as an entity and not just as a specie. A human is made of emotions and this course guides you to perfectly understand that just right. Happy to complete it.

BK

5.0Reviewed Jun 12, 2020

Great Material! Excellent presentation! Very good use of Coursera technology including Avatars and great summaries in End Remarks on the videos. Highly recommend Bob

AS

4.0Reviewed May 23, 2020

it was a little boring, but i've learnt quite a lot from this course.

JB

4.0Reviewed Jan 12, 2020

Jordi did a great job making such a daunting subject fun and interesting!

WG

5.0Reviewed Aug 12, 2020

This course has given me different dimension of thinking about human behavior.. Thank you!!

JS

4.0Reviewed Jul 10, 2017

Pretty good course. Instructor is entertaining in a goofy way. Final week, about robots and emotions, kind of fascinating

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