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    Back to Emotions: a Philosophical Introduction

    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Emotions: a Philosophical Introduction by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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    About the Course

    Philosophy is like sex: sure you can get some interesting results, but that's not why we do it. Going one step beyond…why do you FEEL pain or
    pleasure? Do plants have emotions? How is possible that some people do not understand other’s emotions? Emotions seem to be everywhere,
    giving meaning to all events of our lives. They are the backbone of social activities as well as they drive the cognitive processes of several living
    entities. Several animals, including humans, have emotions but… what about machines?... Do machine can have emotions? This course will
    help you to understand and to identify most important philosophical ideas and debates about emotions, as well as it will provi...
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    Top reviews

    KK

    Dec 31, 2021

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    Learned a lot about being a human as an entity and not just as a specie. A human is made of emotions and this course guides you to perfectly understand that just right. Happy to complete it.

    BK

    Jun 11, 2020

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    Great Material! Excellent presentation! Very good use of Coursera technology including Avatars and great summaries in End Remarks on the videos. Highly recommend Bob

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    Sep 21, 2017

    I would have loved this if it had been in the professor's native language of Spanish, but with that dense accent it was intolerable and unintelligible for me as a native speaker of English.

    Please think about re-doing this one over again in Castellano.

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    By RBUlrich

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    Sep 4, 2016

    It wood be interesting, but unfortunatly Prof. Vallverdú's English is quite hard to understand. The scripts are therfore nearly unreadable. What a pity!

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    By skippy c

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    Aug 1, 2017

    I very much enjoyed this experience. I have never before smiled through an entire course, online or in person. Jordi Vallverdu is a trip. It has been extremely refreshing to spend some time with a philosopher who is actually able to connect on a human level FIRST. And, hey, I learned some things along the way. I used the subtitles, but they often mucked things up more than they clarified. If the subtitles could be generated by a human as opposed to a computer, I think it would clear things up a lot. I highly recommend this course- interesting, well-paced, and fun.

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    Dec 8, 2019

    The professor has a good personality. As an English speaker, I had a difficult time understanding the professor which made it difficult to focus. His English skills were sub-par and his pronunciation was painful at times. To improve, he could have rehearsed his lecture while having someone correct his mistakes. His slides contained many errors and some things did not make any sense. Also, it is distracting to have a small camera view of the professor. First, the professor should be front and center standing up (not sitting at a desk unless he is disabled). The slides should be behind him so that we can focus directly on him. Please refer to other courses such as Digital Marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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    By Katja S

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    Jun 26, 2019

    This is a great course! In the beginning it was a bit hard to understand the Professor, as English is my second language as well. But nonetheless, the information presented and the personality of the Professor totally win over. Also, there are subtitles!

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    By Tanya C

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    Aug 4, 2016

    Love this course. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to understand emotions. Jordi, I can't wait to do your next course.

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    By Emmanuelle P

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    Mar 20, 2019

    Its a really great course, just consider that english is not his first language

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    By Jason B

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    May 27, 2020

    This course is very well put together with lots of emotions. It is very interesting on how are emotions come about. Thanks to the Professor.

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    By Wonder K G

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    Aug 12, 2020

    This course has given me different dimension of thinking about human behavior.. Thank you!!

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    By Brandy

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    Apr 9, 2020

    So much fun and really digs deep into our understanding of emotion.

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    By Philippe P

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    Aug 30, 2017

    Great course. Thank you.

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    Mar 7, 2020

    If I could give no stars, I probably would. The professor misrepresents St. Augustine's work and calls it a paraphrase when it is not. When asked about it, at first there is a tangential reference to Kant by a mentor (?) and then eventually the professor responds also with no acknowledgement of the misrepresentation that is not a paraphrase and only responds with more tangents that are off topic and takes no responsibility for the lack of academic integrity of his work. It's frustrating and not worth my time. I trust investing the time to read the original sources, and I have no respect for the professor for his lack of academic honesty and integrity. Not surprisingly, there are others also complaining about this on the same course discussion board. When I asked for Help with Coursera, the best I was given was to add a rating for a course that should be dropped entirely to stop the spread of misinformation and to keep the academic reputation of the courses high. Given that doesn't seem to be happening. I have no need to bother with courses from here as my time is better spent elsewhere with higher levels of academic integrity.

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    Jun 30, 2018

    Its a great course that explains how our environment and the language we speak effect how we feel/express the emotions and how they play a major role in our cognitive tasks and also how the states of emotion are integrated part in brains cognitive functioning.Good intro to know how techniques like reinforcement learning are used also nice article on how our brains process and store information based on the idea of convolutions.

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    By Fiona G

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    Jul 6, 2017

    This was a great course. I took it to help me understand better what I was attempting to do with my hobby of abstract art. I learned how to focus on my emotions while painting and it has resulted in really creative work.

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    By Sandu F

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    Sep 1, 2020

    Very interesting and provocative course. It provides you with many ideas. Such a philosophical approach of emotions is welcome and I do hope many philosophers will take this course and use it in their future analysis.

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    By Milecia M

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    Oct 7, 2016

    This course gives some great insight as to why and how we act emotionally. It walks through the physical and cultural aspects of emotions in ways that really tell why we do and interpret things certain ways.

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    By Bob K

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    Jun 12, 2020

    Great Material! Excellent presentation! Very good use of Coursera technology including Avatars and great summaries in End Remarks on the videos. Highly recommend Bob

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    By Ma E D L

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    Jan 24, 2018

    Such a great course! Biologist involved with neuroscience will really find the contents delightful and a real learning enviroment

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    By Helder C

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    Jan 15, 2017

    Very interesting course. It provides good informations about the basics of emotions as a philosophical issue.

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    By Sukran C

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    Jan 26, 2018

    Very good presented and very beneficial. Thank your for sharing your knowledge with us

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    By Valeria S

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    Aug 2, 2017

    This course is very interesting, I highly recommend it, and the professor is so cool!.

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    By André B P

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    Jan 23, 2020

    Thanks, Jordi

    your class was amazing fun. And I learned a lot from you.

    Thanks again.

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    By Liliana m

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    Aug 18, 2020

    I loved taking this class. It was one of the best class I have taken at coursera.

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    By Bart S

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    Aug 19, 2017

    excellent class, truly unique and mind expanding, do it again!

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