The purpose of this paper is to examine Spinoza’s theory of emotion and its therapeutic implications. To put it concretely, I shall examine the relation between affect and reason as expounded in Ethics and then draw its therapeutical implications in philosophical contexts. As can be witnessed in his method of demonstration in geometric order, Spinoza’s philosophy is totally different from Descartes’ in style as well as in metaphysics. Descartes’ metaphysics is substance dualism whereas Spinoza’s can be summed up as monism and dual aspects theory. The primary characteristic of Spinoza’s theory of emotion lies in that it considers affect and reason as different aspects of the same individual; that it does not distinguish between them as Descartes does, which is, after all, a logical implication of his double aspect theory. The second characteristic of Spinoza’s theory of emotion is that it explains the relation between reason and aspect through the notion of conatus, the individual’s instinct of preserving himself. Conatus is a logical source of emotion and affect, and accordingly, emotion contains rational elements and can manage affect in Spinoza’s philosophy. For Spinoza, affect is bodily as well as mental, so we cannot escape from negative affect unless we scrutinize it. The paper proceeds as follows. I shall deal with Spinoza’s metaphysical concepts such as substance, attribute, and mode in comparison with Descartes’ counterparts. I shall then examine Spinoza’s theory of emotion and its contents, including the list of forty-eight emotions, and its nature of embodied cognition. Next, I shall discuss the therapeutic implications of Spinoza’s theory of emotion such as therapeutic principles and technics, especially in the frame of philosophical therapy as well as cognitive therapy and rational emotive behavior therapy.
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1. 들어가는 말 2. 스피노자의 실체, 속성, 양태 3, 스피노자의 정서 이론 4. 스피노자 이론의 치료적 함축 5. 맺는말 인용문헌 Abstract
국제언어인문학회 [INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HUMANISTIC STUDIES IN LANGUAGE]
설립연도
2000
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인문학>언어학
소개
국제언어인문학회는 '언어를 통한 인문학 연구'의 필요성에 동감하는 여러 전공분야 학자들의 뜻을 담고 있습니다. 언어에 초점을 맞추는 것은, 다양한 전공분야의 참여에서 생겨날 수 있는 '이질적 집합'의 상황을 극복하기 위한 장치입니다. 현재로서는 작은 불씨를 지핀 것에 불과합니다. 그러나 이렇게 일구어진 불꽃이 새로운 학풍의 바람결에 커다란 섬광으로 빛나게 될 날이 올 것을 우리는 확신합니다. 우리의 학회와 학술지는 인문학 불변의 가치와 시대적 사명을 인식하는 국내외의 학자들을 향해 활짝 개방되어 있습니다. 특정 전공의 범위를 넘어서서 철학, 문학, 언어학, 종교, 역사, 문화, 예술 등의 시각에서 언어의 본질을 토론할 기회가 될 것입니다.