Belief as Emotion

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Miriam Schleifer McCormick (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Richmond)

Belief as Emotion

Miriam Schleifer McCormick (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Richmond)

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Oxford University Press
22 May 2025

Philosophy; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Social, group or collective psychology; Intelligence & reasoning

Belief as Emotion argues that belief is a type of emotion, where emotions are understood as irreducibly blended states that transcend the cognitive/non-cognitive divide, containing representational, motivational and phenomenological elements. On this view to believe is to feel that the way one represents the world is accurate and this feeling is a kind of evaluation. This view helps explain a number of puzzling phenomena in epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, and philosophy of religion. Further, thinking of beliefs as emotions helps us to understand the ethics of belief. It offers a better understanding of what are sometimes called

By: Miriam Schleifer McCormick (Professor of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy University of Richmond)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 344g
ISBN: 9780198875826
ISBN 10: 0198875827
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 22 May 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Miriam Schleifer McCormick is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Richmond. Her central research interests focus on the nature and norms of belief. This interest has also led her to think and write about reasons, agency, hope, imagination, and emotions. She has published articles on issues at the cross section of epistemology and ethics, and is the author of Believing Against the Evidence: Agency and the Ethics of Belief (Routledge, 2015) She is a researcher in the normativity and affectivity axis of GRIN and collaborating member of the ethical foundation axis at CRÉ, research centres based at the Université de Montréal.