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Two kinds of respect for two kinds of contempt: Why contempt can be both a sentiment and an emotion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2017

Florian Cova ,
Julien Deonna ,
David Sander  and
Fabrice Teroni
Florian Cova
Affiliation:
Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, CISA – University of Geneva, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland. [email protected]@[email protected]@unige.chhttps://sites.google.com/site/floriancova/http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/collaborateurs/professeurs/julien-deonna/http://cms2.unige.ch/fapse/EmotionLab/Members/david-sander/http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/collaborateurs/professeurs/fabrice-teroni/
Julien Deonna
Affiliation:
Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, CISA – University of Geneva, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland. [email protected]@[email protected]@unige.chhttps://sites.google.com/site/floriancova/http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/collaborateurs/professeurs/julien-deonna/http://cms2.unige.ch/fapse/EmotionLab/Members/david-sander/http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/collaborateurs/professeurs/fabrice-teroni/
David Sander
Affiliation:
Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, CISA – University of Geneva, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland. [email protected]@[email protected]@unige.chhttps://sites.google.com/site/floriancova/http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/collaborateurs/professeurs/julien-deonna/http://cms2.unige.ch/fapse/EmotionLab/Members/david-sander/http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/collaborateurs/professeurs/fabrice-teroni/
Fabrice Teroni
Affiliation:
Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, CISA – University of Geneva, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland. [email protected]@[email protected]@unige.chhttps://sites.google.com/site/floriancova/http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/collaborateurs/professeurs/julien-deonna/http://cms2.unige.ch/fapse/EmotionLab/Members/david-sander/http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/collaborateurs/professeurs/fabrice-teroni/
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Abstract

Gervais & Fessler argue that because contempt is a sentiment, it cannot be an emotion. However, like many affective labels, it could be that “contempt” refers both to a sentiment and to a distinct emotion. This possibility is made salient by the fact that contempt can be defined by contrast with respect, but that there are different kinds of respect.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e234
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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