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What is it (like) to imagine an emotion?

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  • Slawa Loev

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität)

  • Marco Inchingolo

    (Institut Jean Nicod (ENS, EHESS, CNRS))

  • Pablo Fernandez Velasco

    (Trinity College Dublin)

Abstract

What does it mean to imagine an emotion? The present article introduces a typology of three different ways in which it is possible to imagine emotion. This typology allows to individuate a form of imagining emotion that has been underexplored: emotion-like imagination. Emotion-like imagination, rather than being a way of merely imagining that a certain emotional experience occurs or a form of responding emotionally to imagined representations, requires a subject to re-enact the emotional state itself so that the imagining has emotional phenomenal properties as its main content. We go on to provide a first in-depth exploration of emotion-like imagination, suggesting emotion regulation mechanisms as the empirical grounds for its cognitive realizability. Finally, we sketch how emotion-like imagination can fruitfully complement discussions of affective forecasting and empathetic understanding.

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  • Slawa Loev & Marco Inchingolo & Pablo Fernandez Velasco, 2022. "What is it (like) to imagine an emotion?," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:9:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1057_s41599-022-01444-6
    DOI: 10.1057/s41599-022-01444-6
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