The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast

Episode 8: Can Emotions Drive Environmental Mitigation? with Constant Bonard

Constant Bonard joins Benjamin Matheson to discuss the role emotions play in environmental mitigation and climate action. Drawing on recent work in the affective sciences, Bonard challenges the idea that emotions themselves cause people to recognize political values and become politically motivated. Bonard is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bern. More about his work: https://sites.google.com/view/constant-bonard https://philpeople.org/profiles/constant-bonard This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecogsproject.substack.com [https://thecogsproject.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Episode 7: Is Anger Always Hostile? With Laura Silva

Laura Silva joins Constant Bonard to discuss anger, challenging the common assumption that it is essentially a hostile emotion. Silva is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Laval University in Canada, where she works on the role of emotions in our moral and political lives. More about her work: https://www.lauraluzsilva.com https://philpeople.org/profiles/laura-silva This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecogsproject.substack.com [https://thecogsproject.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Episode 6: Julien Deonna and Fabrice Teroni on Emotions as Attitudes (en français).

Quand on a peur, on fuit. Quand on est en colère, on attaque. Mais qu’est-ce qui se passe exactement dans notre tête — ou dans notre corps — quand on ressent une émotion ? Est-ce que nos émotions nous montrent quelque chose sur le monde, comme une sorte de sixième sens moral ? Ou sont-elles plutôt des réactions, des manières de se positionner face à ce qui nous arrive ? Dans cet épisode, nous recevons Julien Deonna et Fabrice Teroni (Université de Genève) et explorons leur théorie : l’attitudinalisme. Une idée simple en apparence, mais aux conséquences profondes — qui remet en question la manière dont on pense habituellement le lien entre émotions et valeurs, entre ressentir et juger. On s’appuie pour cela sur leur article de 2022, « Emotions and Their Correctness Conditions: A Defense of Attitudinalism ». This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecogsproject.substack.com [https://thecogsproject.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Episode 5: Pilar Lopez-Cantero on Romantic Love

Recorded over Zoom. Dr. Pilar Lopez-Cantero (Antwerp) talks about romantic love. Pilar Lopez-Cantero is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie/YUFE4 research fellow at the University of Antwerp, on the project Affect In the City (AFFINITY): The emotional dimensions of urban justice. She works on philosophy of emotion, moral psychology, and political philosophy, with a focus on questions about personal relationships and urban policy. Read more about Pilar and her work here: https://philpeople.org/profiles/pilar-lopez-cantero https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/staff/pilar-lopez-cantero_27668/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecogsproject.substack.com [https://thecogsproject.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Episode 4: Emanuela Ceva on Institutional Dysfunctions and Emotions

Recorded in person, Constant Bonard speaks with Professor Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva). Her work invites us to rethink institutions not just as systems of rules, but as spaces shaped by human emotions and personal identities. What happens when those affective dimensions are ignored by institutions? And what changes when we put them at the center? These are some of the questions addressed in her article “The Mixed Affective Fabric of Institutional Dysfunctions: A Human-Centered View” about which we’ll discuss in this episode. Read more about Emanuela and her work: https://www.unige.ch/cisa/center/members/ceva-emanuela/ https://philpeople.org/profiles/emanuela-ceva https://www.unige.ch/sciences-societe/speri/membres/professeures-et-professeurs/emanuela-ceva/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecogsproject.substack.com [https://thecogsproject.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]