Somatic Theory of the Emotions:
What is the somatic theory of the emotions? Stanley Schachter ’s and Jerome Singer’s “Cognitive, Social and Physiological Determinants of Emotional States” as well as Jean-Paul Sartre’s The Emotions — A Sketch of a Theory pose challenges for the somatic theory from different perspectives.
Describe these challenges and describe how Jesse Prinz defends the somatic theory against these challenges in “Embodied Emotions.” Do you find Prinz’s defense convincing?