Bulgaria, Jamel: The Structural-Constructivist Paradigm: A Critical Analysis of the Core Emotion Framework’s Resolution of Affective Science Schisms

The centennial debate within affective science has historically been defined by a deep-seated ontological friction between discrete emotion theories and psychological constructionist models. This "100-year war" has polarized the field, pitting those who view emotions as biologically hardwired, universal categories against those who perceive them as emergent, culturally situated conceptual events. The Core Emotion Framework (CEF), conceptualized by Jamel Bulgaria, enters this discourse not as a c