Stout, RowlandRowlandStout2015-09-172018-01-012015-01http://hdl.handle.net/10197/7051I will proceed by describing the significance of Ryle’s distinction between dispositions and occurrences and then by explaining his account of how emotions fit into this distinction. I will try to show how unsatisfactory this account is and defend briefly the alternative view that agitated emotions are motives for emotionally expressive behaviour.enStout, R. (2015) in Dolby, D. (eds.). Ryle on Mind and Language, Palgrave macmillan reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/pc/doifinder/10.1057/9781137476203.0009OccurrencesDispositionsTheory of agitationsRyle, Gilbert, 1900-1976Book Chapter10.1057/9781137476203.00092015-08-10https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/