Nussbaum's Argument Analysis

Nussbaum’s view that emotions are judgements, which are strongly connected to our perception of what we perceive and system of beliefs. She groups these view of our beliefs, and perceived objects, in to four categories, as necessary, sufficient, or constituent (as fully, or in other parts). Yet she rejects that perceptions and judgements are necessary, sufficient, or partly constituent in the occurrence of emotions. Rather, Nussbaum focuses that beliefs and perceptions are fully constituent to the emotion. In this paper, I will analyze, and explain her argument in why our perception, and beliefs are fully constituent to causing an emotion, and why there could not be other constituent parts.
Firstly, why emotions cannot be necessary, is because Nussbaum states that external beliefs alone cannot cause something that is not a belief ( ). The thing that is not a belief is the emotional position, which is our judgement upon the matter we perceive. For it’s not necessary that our perception is required to cause an emotion. For we can form beliefs, without
Because these are the properties, or objects that are being evaluated, and can be explained as the cause of the emotion. Nussbaum explains this through a neo-stoic form of evaluative judgements. The emotional judgement is an assent to the object we perceive. For the assent is where we accept the belief, or perceived object as true, which than influences the individual, causing the emotion. As Nussbaum asserts, emotions are judgements of what is perceived, and/or believe. Moreover, whenever we feel a certain emotion, because of a belief we have then assented to the belief as true (193). Therefore, this then rules the third possibility that there can be other constituent elements to the emotion. Rather, the evaluative judgement that is the emotion is constituent of the belief, or