Categorical versus dimensional models of affect : a seminar on the theories of Panksepp and Russell

1. 1. Introduction: Categories, dimensions, and the problem of progress in affective science (by Zachar, Peter) 2. 2. In defense of multiple Core Affects (by Panksepp, Jaak) 3. 3. From a psychological constructionist perspective (by Russell, James A.) 4. 4. "Nature proposes...and science disposes" tertiary vs primary process approaches to emotions and affects: Commentary on Jim Russell's position (by Panksepp, Jaak) 5. 5. Preliminary comments on Panksepp (by Russell, James A.) 6. 6. Discrete emotions: From folk psychology to causal mechanisms (by Scarantino, Andrea) 7. 7. Nothing in mammalian psychology makes sense except in light of primary-process affective capacities (by Davies, Paul Sheldon) 8. 8. Lessons for affective science from a metascience of 'molecular and cellular cognition' (by Bickle, John) 9. 9. Affect as appraisal (by Leddy, Meaghan A.) 10. 10. What should theories of emotion be about? (by Averill, James R.) 11. 11. Valence, reductionism, and the ineffable: Philosophical reflections on the Panksepp-Russell debate (by Sousa, Ronald de) 12. 12. Functional and empirical presuppositions in Russell and Panksepp: Neural predispositions of affect (by Northoff, Georg) 13. 13. Comparison of affect program theories, appraisal theories, and psychological construction theories (by Moors, Agnes) 14. 14. Final remarks (by Russell, James A.) 15. 15. My reflections on commentaries and concluding perspectives (by Panksepp, Jaak) 16. 16. Concluding observations: Comparisons, contrasts, and some important convergences (by Ellis, Ralph D.) 17. Index