Emoções animais não-humanas: tipo homológicos ou funcionais?

Autores

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51359/2357-9986.2022.256754

Palavras-chave:

emoções não-humanas, funcionalismo, pensamento homológico, realização múltipla

Resumo

Em nossa vida diária, atribuímos emoções a animais não-humanos. No entanto, os compromissos ontológicos que isto implica ainda estão em discussão. Particularmente, os filósofos ainda debatem se as considerações sobre os mecanismos subjacentes às emoções são necessárias ou não para atribuiras emoções a animais não humanos. Aqui, eu defendo que tais considerações não são suficientes e que uma perspectiva funcionalista é mais frutíferado que seu principal concorrente, a visão do pensamento homológico. Para fazer isto, considero os resultados da psicologia experimental sobre a atribuição de emoções a animais não humanos e distingo duas questões relativas a tais emoções. Em seguida, discuto o funcionalismo e o pensamento homológico, afirmando que o pensamento homológico exclui desde o início hipóteses empíricas promissoras, resultando em uma posição mais limitada do que o funcionalismo. Assim, o funcionalismo herda muitos benefícios do pensamento homológico, ao mesmo tempo em que fornece bases mais produtivas.

Biografia do Autor

Juan R. Loaiza, Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá

Juan R. Loaiza is a lecturer at the Escuela de Ciencias Humanas, Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia. He is interested in the intersection between the philosophy of emotions and philosophy of science, particularly in issues concerning natural kinds in emotion research. Other areas of interest include the philosophy of visual perception and social ontology.

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Publicado

2022-12-12

Edição

Seção

Dossiê “Fenomenologia, Ação, Cognição e Afetividade”