Affective experience in neuroscience and phenomenology: An epistemological analysis of emotions and feelings
Theory & Psychology May 13, 2025 Davide Perrotta
This paper proposes an investigation of affective experience bridging the field of phenomenology and cognitive neuroscience. Drawing on Husserl’s phenomenology and the mainstream cognitive neuroscience approach, I will differentiate affective phenomena into two categories: emotions and feelings. According to neuroscience, Panksepp’s proposal is followed to further distinguish three forms of...