ABSTRACT:
In this article I analyze Kant’s distinction between feeling (Gefühl) and emotion (Affekt), on the one hand, and emotion and passion (Leidenschaft), on the other. The objective is to show: 1) that by the term “emotion” he understands organic affection, deprived of cognitive content, although preceded and followed by representations; 2) that emotion so understood constitutes for Kant an integral part of “feeling” (Gefühl), by which Kant designates the subjective dimension of experience, in a broad sense, which is not limited to empirical affection; 3) that his negative approach to passion justifies the sharp distinction between emotion and passion introduced in scientific studies of emotion.
KEYWORDS:
Charm; Aesthetic judgment; Health; Art and play; Desire