PHL 365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Soup Kitchen, Sentimentality, False Color
2 Apr 2016
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There is always something wrong with it there are no situations the proper perception of which demands a sentimental response . Treating a work of art sentimentally is to treat it poorly. Beliefs that underlie sentimentality: cognitive theory of emotions, beliefs of sentimentality, we deliberately adopt false beliefs of the world: a false color . Emotion e is sent if and only if e is achieved by a false coloring of the object in order to satisfy a desire for something other than truth. An other aim so we reject the truth to satisfy a desire. What other desires: desire for a more pleasant feeling (get rid of our negative emotions about world to feel happy and content. Patients are a bit resentful and the doctor is sad and angry because of it. So, he could sentimentalize the patients and think that they are grateful.
