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247 Thinking Rationally Part 5: Reason And Emotions
enMay 21, 2016
About this Episode
If you want to think rationally, what role do your emotions play? Is there a conflict between thinking rationally and experiencing feelings? In this episode, I explain the history of ideas around reason and emotion, and provide an overview of how to think rationally about feelings. Although the Enlightenment was a revolution in thinking rationally, Enlightenment philosophers never resolved their contradictions about the relationship between reason and the emotions, leaving a legacy of confusion about this topic. Instead of slavishly following feelings or repressing and ignoring them, rational thinking gives you a deeper, richer emotional life. Rational thinking enables you to pay attention to your feelings and make use of their valuable information.
Show Notes:
Show Notes:
- Othello by William Shakespeare
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks
- Episode 189— Envy: A Theory Of Social Behaviour by Helmut Schoek
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