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On Disgust
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
On Disgust
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Aurel Kolnai
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Edited by Barry Smith
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Edited by Carolyn Korsmeyer
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:130 | Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Philosophy of the mind |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780812695663
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Classifications | Dewey:128.37 |
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Audience | General | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
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Imprint |
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
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Publication Date |
11 December 2003 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
In On Disgust, pioneering philosopher Aurel Kolnai (1905-1973) draws on Husserl's phenomenological method to examine the experience of disgust. He distinguishes disgust from other emotions of aversion such as fear and contempt and shows how it relates to the five senses. Kolnai argues that disgust is never related to inorganic or nonbiological matter, and that its arousal by moral objects has an underlying similarity with its arousal by organic material: a particular combination of life and death. This book also includes an article published shortly before the author's death titled "The Standard Modes of Aversion: Fear, Disgust, and Hatred."
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