SADNESS IS NOT ABOUT LOSS

• Authors: Zanella Maria
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

I argue that sadness is not about loss. I present two counterexamples to the Loss View: the view that if one is sad about something one takes it to be a loss. I suggest an alternative and defend it.

Keywords

EN

SADNESS; LOSS; EMOTION

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 42 – 49

Contributors

author

Zanella Maria

• Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences Building, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

• https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3037-7006

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2025.32103