Thumos Wiki
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This is the Thumos' wiki. Thumos is a group of philosophers led by Julien Deonna, working on emotions and values. Its members are Otto Bruun, Florian Cova, Janna Hastings, Anita Konzelmann, Clare Mac Cumhaill, Olivier Massin, Kevin Mulligan, Fabrice Teroni, Cain Todd, David Furrer, François Jaquet, Federico Lauria and Alain Pé-Curto. Thumos members can post here all infos concerning future meetings and deadlines of the group. They can also correct and complete the Thumos Manifesto.
Thumos Internal Seminar
Programme available here.
Values and Norms
- Values are distinct from norms (Arguments)
- Values are more fundamental than norms. (Arguments)
Emotion and Intentionality
- Emotions are intentional. (Arguments)
- Emotions have particular objects. (Arguments)
- Emotions have formal objects, namely values. (Arguments)
Emotions and Values
- Values are more fundamental than emotions. (Arguments)
- Values are essential to emotions. (Arguments)
Emotions and other Mental episodes
- Emotions cannot be reduced to desires or other conative states. (Arguments)
- Emotions cannot be reduced to beliefs or judgments. (Arguments)
- Emotions cannot be reduced to complexes of beliefs and desires (nor to complexes of other conative states and beliefs). (Arguments)
- If S desires that P, then S believes that P is non-actual. (Arguments)
Shame and Guilt
- Shame is distinct from Guilt. (Arguments)
- Shame is closely linked to value, while guilt is closely linked to norms. (Arguments)
- Shame is more important to morality than guilt. (Arguments)
Thumos disputes
Values and Norms
- Norms apply only to actions (Olivier) VS. There are "ought to be", besides "ought to do" (Kevin, Otto, Julien)
Rights and Norms
- Rights are sui generis normative concepts (on a par with values, norms and virtues) VS. Rights are reducible to norms and values (Arguments)
Thin and Thick values
- Thick values are reducible to thin values + non-normative properties (Olivier) VS. Thick values are sui generis values, irreducible to thin values + some non-normative properties (Kevin) (Arguments)
Emotions and values
- The direct cognition (perception, feeling) of a value is sufficient for having an emotion (Julien, Fabrice) VS. One can feel or perceive values without having emotions (Kevin, Olivier)
- Bodily feelings constitute our direct access to the values of the objet of our emotions (Julien, Fabrice) VS. Bodily feelings do not present values external to the body (Kevin, Olivier)
Emotions and pleasure
- Every occurence of emotion is either pleasant or unpleasant (never neutral): Fabrice, Julien, Olivier, Federico. VS. Some emotions (surprise) are neither pleasant nor unpleasant (Kevin).
- There is one type of hedonic done, which varies in intensity from pleasantness to unpleasantness, but which is shared by all emotions (Olivier). VS. There are different types of pleasantnesses, beside difference in intensity (Fabrice, Kevin)
Emotions and other mental episodes
- Emotions are necessarily linked to conations (desires, impulses, volitions, actions tendencies...) ? (Kevin) VS. One can have emotions without any associated conations (Olivier).
- We can only have conations toward things we think we can do (Federico) VS. Some conations (wishes) are directed toward things we believe we cannot do (Olivier)
