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Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions is published as a phenomenological psychology

In 1939 Jean-Paul Sartre published Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions, a short phenomenological psychology that treats emotion as a magic transformation of the world, not as a mere physiological leak. In the causal graph this event strengthens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — an improving welfare path.

Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions is published as a phenomenological psychology
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In 1939 Jean-Paul Sartre published Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions, a short phenomenological psychology that treats emotion as a magic transformation of the world, not as a mere physiological leak. It taught a medical-adjacent public to read feeling as intentional. A sketch is not a ward.

Context

He was still a lycée professor. War mobilisation would come the same year. Husserl’s lectures sat behind the sketch. Sharing the phenomenological debt does not erase the title page. Nausea 1938 remains a neighbouring fiction row.

The contribution type is direct. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Why it matters

Health-knowledge path, modest weight, medium confidence on any clinical lag. High confidence on 1939 publication.

Shared responsibility is part of Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions is published as a phenomenological psychology. Naming Jean-Paul Sartre does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1939-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Jean-Paul Sartre

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.24 · verified

    He authored the 1939 sketch on emotion as a phenomenological psychology. Hermann or Gallimard neighbourhood printed it; it is not a clinic.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactEsquisse d’une théorie des émotions is published as a phenomenological psychology
    2. strengthensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 1 January 1939 · verified

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.6)

      Observed

      3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.13 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.BnF data — Jean-Paul SartreBibliothèque nationale de France · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Jean-Paul SartreStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

BnF data at https://data.bnf.fr/en/11923581/jean-paul_sartre/ (opens in a new tab) locates the 1939 sketch in the official bibliography. SEP at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sartre/ (opens in a new tab) independently treats the early psychological writings as part of the phenomenological file.

Established: the emotion sketch appeared in 1939 under Sartre’s name. Not established: a unique ward protocol taken from it. Contribution is recorded as He authored the 1939 sketch on emotion as a phenomenological psychology. Hermann or Gallimard neighbourhood printed it; it is not a clinic. The dated heading stays Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions is published as a phenomenological psychology on 1939-01-01, not a later statue, UNESCO listing, or school film. Later competitions, monuments, and adaptations are refused as extra lifetime acts of this person on this date.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. 1939 emotions sketch is not 1938 Nausea. Mixed effects of Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions is published as a phenomenological psychology are separate paths.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorJean-Paul Sartre
  2. contributed toFactEsquisse d’une théorie des émotions is published as a phenomenological psychology
  3. strengthensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

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Factrail. (2026). Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions is published as a phenomenological psychology. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/sartre-emotions-1939

https://factrail.ai/facts/sartre-emotions-1939

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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