THE EMOTIONS: UNNECESSARY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING?
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https://doi.org/10.15691/0718-5448Vol8Iss2a224Keywords:
understanding, scientific understanding, cognitive activity, logic, emotionsAbstract
Scientific understanding has become a trending topic in the last few yearsnotwithstanding that the term has been widely used in the philosophical and scientific literature-without mentioning other fields-for many years. As a contribution to the contemporary discussions about this theme, the goal of the following paper is to present a critical analysis of the relation between scientific understanding and emotions.
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