Emotional self-knowledge

Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy EMOTIONAL SELF-KNOWLEDGE Edited by Alba Montes Sánchez and Alessandro Salice “Emotional self-knowledge is a new subject area at the intersection of the so far largely separate fields of philosophy of self-knowledge and philosophy of emotions. This book brings together leading experts from both fields to address questions about the role and reliability of emotions as sources of self-understanding. The scholarship in this innovative book is first-rate, and the editors and contributors are established scholars representing both analytical and phenomenological approaches to philosophy.” Mikko Salmela, University of Copenhagen, Denmark “This outstanding volume introduces a wide array of interesting and original perspectives on the neglected role of emotion for self-knowledge and self-understanding. It fills a crucial gap in the extant literature on the epistemic significance of affectivity.” Jean Moritz Müller, University of Bonn, Germany Emotional Self-Knowledge This volume sheds light on the affective dimensions of self-knowledge and the roles that emotions and other affective states play in promoting or obstructing our knowledge of ourselves. It is the first book specifically devoted to the issue of affective self-knowledge. The relation between self-knowledge and human emotions is an often emphasized, but poorly articulated one. While philosophers of emotion tend to give affectivity a central role in making us who we are, the philosophical literature on self-knowledge focuses overwhelmingly on cognitive states and does not give a special place to the emotions. Currently there is little dialogue between both fields or with other philosophical traditions that have important contributions to make to this topic, such as phenomenology and Asian philosophy. This volume brings together philosophers from the relevant fields to explore two related sets of questions: First, do philosophers of emotion exaggerate the importance of our affective lives in making us who we are? Or is it philosophers of self-knowledge who misunderstand emotions? Second, what is the role of emotions in self-knowledge? What sort of self-knowledge can be secured by paying attention to our emotions? Emotional Self-Knowledge is an essential resource for researchers and advanced students working on philosophy of emotion, philosophy of mind, epistemology, philosophical psychology, and phenomenology. Alba Montes Sánchez is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Subjectivity Research in Copenhagen, Denmark. She has published widely on the phenomenology and moral psychology of self-conscious emotions like shame, pride, and envy, in journals like European Journal of Philosophy or Frontiers in Psychology and collective volumes in Routledge or Cambridge University Press. Alessandro Salice is a Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy of University College Cork, Ireland, and a Research Associate at the Center for Subjectivity Research in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has extensively published on a variety of topics mainly related to phenomenology, philosophical psychology, philosophy of action, social ontology, and moral psychology. His current work develops along two general directions: he continues to address various systematic issues concerning human sociality by also exploring the philosophical potential of phenomenology. Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy Updating the Interpretive Turn New Arguments in Hermeneutics Edited by Michiel Meijer Conservatism and Grace The Conservative Case for Religion by Establishment Sebastian Morello The Ethics of Interpretation From Charity as a Principle to Love as a Hermeneutic Imperative Pol Vandevelde The Nature and Practice of Trust Marc A. 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Jeremy Wisnewski Free Will’s Value Criminal Justice, Pride, and Love John Lemos Emotional Self-Knowledge Edited by Alba Montes Sánchez and Alessandro Salice For more information about this series, please visit: https://www. routledge.com / Routledge-Studies-in- Contemporary-Philosophy/ book-series/SE0720 Emotional Self-Knowledge Edited by Alba Montes Sánchez and Alessandro Salice First published 2023 by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 and by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Alba Montes Sánchez and Alessandro Salice; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Alba Montes Sánchez and Alessandro Salice to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. ISBN: 978-1-032-31710-6 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-31711-3 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-31094-5 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003310945 Typeset in Sabon LT Std by KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. Contents Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: Self-Knowledge and Emotion ix xi 1 ALBA MONTES SÁNCHEZ AND ALESSANDRO SALICE PART I Affectivity and Self-Knowledge 1 Affective Forecasting and Substantial Self-Knowledge 15 17 UKU TOOMING AND KENGO MIYAZONO 2 Alienated Emotions and Self-Knowledge 39 KRISTA K. THOMASON 3 Acquiring Self-Knowledge from Others 56 EDWARD HARCOURT 4 Emotions and the Contestation of Social Identities 73 BENNETT W. HELM 5 Emotion, Self-Knowledge, and Liberation in Indian Philosophy MATT MACKENZIE 103 viii Contents PART II The Emotions, Self-Knowledge, and Self-Ignorance 6 Good Enough to Be Myself? The Fraught Relationship between Self-Esteem and Self-Knowledge 123 125 ANNA BORTOLAN 7 Three Stages of Love, Narrative, and Self-Understanding 145 PILAR LOPEZ-CANTERO 8 Transitional Boredom: On Boredom and Self-Knowledge 168 ANTONIO GÓMEZ RAMOS 9 Envy, Racial Hatred, and Self-Deception 188 ALESSANDRO SALICE AND ALBA MONTES SÁNCHEZ 10 Hostile Affective States and Their Self-Deceptive Styles: Envy and Hate 209 ÍNGRID VENDRELL FERRAN Index 228