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Emotionale Tiefe und die Spielarten der affektiven Intentionalität

  • Íngrid Vendrell Ferran
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Abstract

After motivating the topic, I turn to classical and contemporary approaches to “emotional depth”. I argue that despite their descriptive power, none of the existing accounts adequately captures the depth of affective religious experiences. Next, I present and critically assess Kurt Stavenhagen’s neglected account of the depth of religious feelings. In particular, I explore his concept of “specific depth”. I then proceed to develop my own account according to which emotional depth is a phenomenal quality which depends on the intentional structure of a feeling. In particular, I argue that the feature of depth is explainable in terms of the specific ways in which a feeling is directed toward an object (directedness) and evaluatively presents it (evaluative presentation). Drawing on this idea, I examine three varieties of affective intentionality and distinguish between emotions, sentiments, and moods. I then apply my model to explain the depth of affective religious experiences

Abstract

After motivating the topic, I turn to classical and contemporary approaches to “emotional depth”. I argue that despite their descriptive power, none of the existing accounts adequately captures the depth of affective religious experiences. Next, I present and critically assess Kurt Stavenhagen’s neglected account of the depth of religious feelings. In particular, I explore his concept of “specific depth”. I then proceed to develop my own account according to which emotional depth is a phenomenal quality which depends on the intentional structure of a feeling. In particular, I argue that the feature of depth is explainable in terms of the specific ways in which a feeling is directed toward an object (directedness) and evaluatively presents it (evaluative presentation). Drawing on this idea, I examine three varieties of affective intentionality and distinguish between emotions, sentiments, and moods. I then apply my model to explain the depth of affective religious experiences

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