Vida Yao on Eros and Anxiety

Today's excerpt comes from a recently published paper, titled Eros and Anxiety, by Professor Vida Yao. The paper explores ideals of rationality, authenticity, and how they interact with transformative experiences – specifically, the experience of falling in love. Yao is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at UCLA, and is interested in Ethics and Moral Psychology, specifically the philosophy of emotions and the self.

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Yao, Vida. “Eros and Anxiety.” Synthese 202, no. 6 (December 6, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04391-0.