Conference on Neglected Emotions

Our capacity to experience emotions is essential to who we are. We are beings for whom the world matters. We are beings whose actions, desires, thoughts, and preferences are influenced by our emotions. Given the importance of emotions in our everyday lives, it is no surprise that in the last fifty years the study of emotions has received tremendous attention by a number of different disciplines (psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology). Yet despite the many and great advantages that have been made in understanding the character, effects, antecedents, and neural correlates of emotions, there still remains a class of emotional states that are understudied and that demand further elucidation.

The purpose of this two-day interdisciplinary conference (April 13 - 14, 2017) is to bring together experts from philosophy, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience in order to further our understanding of a number of different neglected yet significant emotions. The conference will examine the nature and importance of emotional and affective states such as boredom, grief, awkwardness, suspense, humility, gratitude, and wonder.

April 13, 2017

9.45am:             Introduction

10-10.50am:   Guy Dove (University of Louisville), "Understanding the role of boredom in Autism Spectrum Disorder"

11-11.50am:   Jen Cole Wright (College of Charleston), "Humility: Bringing Epistemic and Ethical Alignment to Our Emotions"

12-12.50pm:   Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis, "Grief, anxiety and authenticity"

2.30-3.20pm:  Henrike Moll (USC), "What Toddlers’ Feelings of Suspense Can Tell Us About their Understanding of the Mind"

3.30-4.20pm:   James Danckert (University of Waterloo), "Boredom and Goal Pursuit: Can Performance on Foraging Tasks Explain Boredom?"

4.30-5.20pm:   Jesse Prinz (CUNY), "Wow! The Nature of Wonder and Its Role in Human Life”

April 14, 2017

9.30-10.20am:  Melissa Dahl (New York Magazine), "This is Awkward"

10.30-11.20am: Andreas Elpidorou (University of Louisville), "The Moral Dimensions of Boredom"

11.30-12.20pm: Michelle Mason (University of Minnesota), "Contempt: At the Limits of Reactivity"

12.30-1.20pm:   Bennett Helm (Franklin & Marshall College), "A Holistic Solution to the Problem(s) of Gratitude"

Sponsored by Commonwealth Center for the Humanities & Society, Liberal Studies Project, and Philosophy Department.

Friday, April 14, 2017

Bingham Humanities Building, 300
2216 S. First Street Walk , Louisville, Kentucky, 40208

Event Type

Conferences, Talk, Academic

Audience

Students, Faculty/staff, Alumni, Public

Departments

Arts & Sciences, Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society, Liberal Studies, Philosophy

Website

https://www.neglected-emotions.info/

Contact Name

Andreas Elpidorou

Contact Phone Number

502-852-0458

Contact Email

aselpi01@exchange.louisville.edu

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