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While there is ongoing debate about the existence of basic emotions (BEs) and about their status as natural kinds, these debates usually carry on under the assumption that BEs are encapsulated from cognition and that this is one of the criteria that separates the products of evolution from the products of culture and experience. I aim to show that this assumption is entirely unwarranted, that there is empirical evidence against it, and that evolutionary theory itself should not lead us to expect that cognitive encapsulation marks the distinction between basic and higher cognitive emotions. Finally, I draw out the implications of these claims for debates about the existence of basic emotions in humans.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Wiegman, Isaac isaac.wiegman.phd@gmail.com 0000-0001-6060-2554
Keywords:	Basic emotions Natural kinds Affect programs Anger Aggression Behavior programs Informational encapsulation Modularity
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Theory Change
Depositing User:	Dr. Isaac Wiegman
Date Deposited:	21 Oct 2016 15:22
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2016 15:22
Item ID:	12495
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology Specific Sciences > Psychology General Issues > Theory Change
Date:	19 October 2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12495

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