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More Than A Feeling: The Communicative Function of Regret
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy.
Number of Authors: 12017 (English)In: International journal of philosophical studies (Print), ISSN 0967-2559, E-ISSN 1466-4542, Vol. 25, no 5, p. 664-681Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Rudiger Bittner argues that regret is not useful and so it is always unreasonable to feel and express it. In this paper, I argue that regret is often reasonable because regret has a communicative function: it communicates where we stand with respect to things we have done and outcomes that we have caused. So, I not only argue that Bittner's argument is unsuccessful, I also shed light on the nature and purpose of regret.

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2017. Vol. 25, no 5, p. 664-681
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Regret, emotion, Rudiger Bittner, Bernard Williams, communicative function, epistemic gap
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Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-151052DOI: 10.1080/09672559.2017.1381414ISI: 000416603700007OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-151052DiVA, id: diva2:1171889
Available from: 2018-01-08 Created: 2018-01-08 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved

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