Emotions, Metaphors and Reality (original) (raw)
A Thesis presented to tha D e p a r t m e n t of Philosophy w e h e a d U n i v e r s i t y , Thirnnar w , O n t a r i o In partial fuifillment of the requireaients for the dogtee o f M a s t e r o f A r t s National Library 1+1 , . , d a Bibliothèque nationale du Canada The undersigned Supervising C o m m i t t e e certify that this thesis has been prepared u n d e r their direction and that the candidate has complied with the Masterr s r e g u l a t i o n s Advisor: Richard A. Berg Cortunittee Member: Todd Duf re s n e Cornmittee Member: J . D . Rabb I n t h e i r work The Faces of Reason: An Essay on W i l o s o p h y and Culture in E n g l i s h Canada 1850-1 950, Leslie Armour and Elizabeth Trott consider that tne Canadian way of doing philosophy uses reason in an accommodationist manner-1 propose i n t h i s thesis t h a t William Lyall' s Intellect, the Emotions and the Moral Nature represents a splendid example of the accomodationist use of reason . The Maritimes p h i l o s o p h e r advances t h e idea that ernotions have a cognitive value, a claim which 1 support b y t r y i n g to put Lyallfs ideas in a modern framework offered by French philosopher J e a n Paul Sartre. Latent in Lyallrs work can a l s o be found a theory of metaphor which 1 t r y to revive with the help of French philosopher Paul Ricoeur. Thus, f o l l o w i n g Lyall, emotions and reason are always in a balance and they work together in order to give us a m o r e c o n s i s t e n t and fuller grasp o f r e a l i t y .
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