Thagard (2002) analyzed James Watson's (1969) autobiography regarding the discovery of DNA structure and found that the most common emotions expressed were interest and the joy of discovery, followed by fear, hope, anger, distress, aesthetic appreciation, and surprise.

Authors

• Person: John Greco, John Turri Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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  Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Sources

• Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu John Greco, John Turri · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper
• Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

Referenced by nodes (5)

• interest concept
• fear concept
• anger concept
• distress concept
• hope concept