Full Idea
If emotion has the world-directed intentionality of 'feeling towards' it follows that it is not bodily feeling, for bodily feelings lack the required 'direct' (as contrasted with 'borrowed') intentionality.
Gist of Idea
If emotions are 'towards' things, they can't be bodily feelings, which lack aboutness
Source
Peter Goldie (The Emotions [2000], 3 'Towards')
Book Reference
Goldie,Peter: 'The Emotions' [OUP 2002], p.58
A Reaction
This is a direct response to William James's view, and seems correct. It is a widely held view that emotions are usually 'about' something, and it is hard to see how getting red in the face could do that.
Related Idea
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