Love for a Reason

Emotion Review 2 (1):61-67 (2010)
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According to Bob Solomon, love is a human emotion, with a complex intentional structure, having its own kind of reasons. I will examine this account, which, in certain respects, tends to mask the deep and important differences between love and other emotions

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