In this paper, I develop an account of appreciation. I argue that appreciation is an epistemic emotion in which the subject grasps the object in an affective way. The “grasping” and “feeling” components implies that in appreciation, we make sense of the object by having cognitive control over it, are motivated to maintain the valuable epistemic state of understanding, and experience the “aha” or “eureka” moment. This account offers a unified account of the many types of appreciation, including the aesthetic, the moral, and the epistemic. In all these cases, appreciation requires some other first-order emotions as prerequisite.

中文翻译：

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作为一种认知情感的欣赏

在这篇论文中，我发展了一个关于欣赏的描述。我认为欣赏是一种认知情感，在这种情感中，主体以一种情感的方式抓住了对象。“把握”和“感觉”成分意味着在欣赏中，我们通过对对象的认知控制来理解对象，有动力保持理解的宝贵认知状态，并体验“啊哈”或“尤里卡”时刻。这个解释对多种类型的欣赏提供了统一的解释，包括审美的、道德的和认知的。在所有这些情况下，欣赏都需要一些其他的一阶情感作为前提。