BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T132614Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140611T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140611T153000 SUMMARY:Emotional Rationality as Practical Rationality UID:20260612T084650Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Parkville Campus\, Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:

One strand in common sense thinking puts emotions entirely outside the scope of rationality assessment. Everyone has heard statements like\, &ldquo\;But\, that&rsquo\;s how I feel&rdquo\; - uttered as if that ended the conversation. Emotions\, we might think\, are subjective in a way that puts them outside the scope of rationality assessment.

But there is a contrasting strand in commonsense thinking\, a strand that is loquacious in its criticism of our own and of others&rsquo\; emotions. Jealousy can leap ahead of evidence\; we can despair when yet there is grounds for hope\; we can be enraged by merely petty annoyances\; our emotions can further our ends or function as &ldquo\;sand in the machinery of action.&rdquo\;

In this talk\, Dr Jones examines this second strand in our commonsense thinking and argues that emotions are subject to a distinctive kind of rationality assessment and that we can\, and should\, strive to regulate our emotions so that we become emotionally rational.

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