Högre seminarium i praktisk filosofi: Julia Mosquera (IFFS)
Seminarium
Datum: tisdag 31 oktober 2023
Tid: 13.15 – 15.00
Plats: D734
Affective Uncertainty
Abstract
Philosophers have written a lot about moral and epistemic uncertainty, uncertainty about what is the right thing to do and what to believe is the case in situations where we lack moral guidance or sufficient knowledge. However, there is one type of uncertainty that has gone fully unnoticed to philosophers: we are often also uncertain about how we should feel. Uncertainty about how to feel or affective uncertainty generates affective dilemmas and affective conflicts, situations where we don’t know how to feel or disagree with others about emotions.
In this paper I show how affective dilemmas and conflicts are similar but non-reducible to moral or epistemic dilemmas and conflicts, and thus how existing proposals on uncertainty about morality or empirical matters cannot explain what affective uncertainty is neither help reduce it. Grasping affective uncertainty contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the nature of uncertainty.
Senast uppdaterad: 26 oktober 2023
Sidansvarig: Department of Philosophy