Surprise: An Emotion?

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Depraz, Natalie (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Steinbock, Anthony J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Contributions to Phenomenology, In Cooperation with The Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology, 97
• Subjects: Phenomenology .; Philosophy and science.; Experiential research.; Phenomenology.; Philosophy of Science.; Psychology Research.

This volume offers perspectives on the theme of surprise crossing philosophical, phenomenological, scientific, psycho-physiology, psychiatric, and linguistic boundaries. The main question it examines is whether surprise is an emotion. It uses two main theoretical frameworks to do so: psychology, in...