Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2026
Abstract
Chappell provides a comprehensive ethical vision by reflecting on the nature of epiphanies. I suggest that two aspects of that vision, (1) the anti-theoretic impulse and (2) the republic of conversation, are in tension with the fact that our epiphanies are often imperious: they purport to authoritatively dictate normative reality to us.
Keywords
Epiphany, emotion, anti-theory, particularism, Republic of Conversation
Discipline
Ethics and Political Philosophy
Research Areas
Humanities
Areas of Excellence
Digital transformation
Publication
Journal of Philosophy of Emotion
Volume
7
Issue
2
First Page
16
Last Page
23
Identifier
10.33497/2026.winter.3
Citation
YIP, Brandon.(2026). Epiphanic empires: Commentary on Sophie Grace Chappell's Epiphanies. Journal of Philosophy of Emotion, 7(2), 16-23.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4454
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.33497/2026.winter.3