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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • Evaluative concepts, particularly moral and aesthetic ones, are abstract, extending beyond direct sensory experience.
  • The subjective nature of beauty and the elusiveness of justice highlight the abstract quality of these concepts.
  • Existing understanding of abstract concepts often overlooks their grounding in embodied experiences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the grounding of abstract moral and aesthetic concepts in emotional and bodily responses.
  • To explore the relationship between emotions, bodily perceptions, and action tendencies in conceptualization.
  • To differentiate the moral and aesthetic domains based on their characteristic emotional underpinnings.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of moral badness and aesthetic goodness.
  • Theoretical framework linking emotions to bodily perceptions and action tendencies.
  • Exploration of how conceptualizing good/bad involves experiencing bodily responses.

Main Results:

  • Both moral badness and aesthetic goodness can be fundamentally grounded in emotional responses.
  • Emotions are proposed to be rooted in bodily perceptions that signify action tendencies.
  • Conceptualization of evaluative domains involves the subjective experience of these bodily responses.

Conclusions:

  • Abstract evaluative concepts are not purely abstract but are embodied and affectively grounded.
  • Bodily perceptions and associated emotions play a crucial role in shaping our understanding of morality and aesthetics.
  • The distinct emotions characterizing moral and aesthetic domains are key to their differentiation.