regret

scientific organization

British Academy

occupation / innovator as

philosopher

nationality

British

is cognitively laden to an unusual degree... it requires us to think in a practical way about a decision that we made while also being.

The philosopher Sir Stuart Hampshire suggested that this is because regret is cognitively laden to an unusual degree... it requires us to think in a practical way about a decision that we made, rather than simply inspect our feelings. On the other hand it's not only cognitive - it comes with a huge amount of uncomfortable feeling, so it is definitely an emotion, but with a large cognitive input. This is an unusual state of affairs.

Stuart HampshireThinkers

Stuart Hampshire