15. The Neuroscience of Emotion and Reasoning in Social Contexts: Implications for Moral Theology
- Sarah Coakley
Published Online: 16 AUG 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781118321997.ch15
Copyright © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
Faith, Rationality, and the Passions
Additional Information
How to Cite
Spezio, M. L. (2012) The Neuroscience of Emotion and Reasoning in Social Contexts: Implications for Moral Theology, in Faith, Rationality, and the Passions (ed S. Coakley), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118321997.ch15
Publication History
- Published Online: 16 AUG 2012
- Published Print: 10 SEP 2012
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781444361933
Online ISBN: 9781118321997
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- neuroscience of emotion and reasoning, implications for moral theology;
- neuroscience of emotion and moral action, widespread interest;
- moral theories, virtue-based in divine commands, inspired by Humean concerns;
- neuroscience of emotion, against psychologism;
- Phineas Gage and the affect of reason;
- theory of practical reasoning, drawing on the Gage paradigm;
- dual process theories, in social/affective neuroscience;
- neuroscience of emotion/reasoning, from new applications
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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For (the Neuroscience of) Emotion, Against Psychologism
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Phineas Gage and the Affect of Reason
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The Affect of Reason Revisited: Damage to the Prefrontal Cortex in Adulthood and Early in Life
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The Emerging Consensus in Affective Neuroscience: Emotion as Cognition
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Dual Process Theories in Social and Affective Neuroscience
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A Renewal of Interest in Integrationist Approaches