Rowman & Littlefield International
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978-1-78661-538-1 • Hardback • October 2021 • $120.00 • (£80.00)
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Andreas Elpidorou is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Louisville. He specializes in the philosophical study of the mind and has published extensively on the nature of emotions (especially, boredom), consciousness, and cognition. He is the co-author of Consciousness and Physicalism: A Defense of a Research Program ( 2018) and the author of Propelled Toward the Good Life (forthcoming 2020), a book exploring how boredom, frustration, and anticipation can help us live a meaningful and fulfilling life.
Introduction: Boredom as Moral Emotion Andreas Elpidorou / 1. Rage Spread Thin: Boredom and aggression James Danckert / 2. From Electric Shocks to the Electoral College: How Boredom Drives Behavior Erin C. Westgate and Meltem Yucel / 3. Losing and Finding Agency: The crisis of boredom John Eastwood / 4. The Existential Sting of Boredom: Implications for Moral Judgments and Behavior Eric R. Igou and Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg / 5. Boredom and the Lost Self: Implications of trait boredom for morality Shane W. Bench, Heather C. Lench, Yidou Wan and Kenneth A. Perez / 6. Boredom Mismanagement and Attributions of Social and Moral Costs McWelling Todman / 7. The Long Hard Road Out of Boredom Josefa Ros Velasco / 8. Boredom as an Epistemic Appetite Vida Yao / 9. Varieties of Boredom and their Effects Andreas Elpidorou / 10. The Epistemic Innocence of Boredom Matilde Aliffi & Lisa Bortolotti / 11. Boredom and Meaning in Life Wendell O’Brien / 12. Parallels to Boredom in Non-human Animals Rebecca Meagher