Location
Room 1
Document Type
Paper
Keywords
Cognition, emotions, epistemic feelings, forensic rhetoric, legal argumentation, legal reasoning
Start Date
5-6-2020 8:00 AM
End Date
5-6-2020 9:00 AM
Abstract
This paper questions the role of emotions in judicial persuasion: first, I will provide a brief overview of affective states, focusing on the structure of s.c. epistemic feelings; then, I will present some experiments which are going to be developed in a current research-project in a local court in Italy, to understand the interpersonal effects of epistemic feelings on judicial persuasion; finally, I will draw conclusive reflections on the relationship between forensic rhetoric and emotion.
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This paper questions the role of emotions in judicial persuasion: first, I will provide a brief overview of affective states, focusing on the structure of s.c. epistemic feelings; then, I will present some experiments which are going to be developed in a current research-project in a local court in Italy, to understand the interpersonal effects of epistemic feelings on judicial persuasion; finally, I will draw conclusive reflections on the relationship between forensic rhetoric and emotion.