UID:
almahu_9949384058402882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780429000805
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0429000804
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9780429506093
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0429506090
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9780429000812
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0429000812
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9780429000799
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0429000790
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory ; 49
Content:
Empathy--our capacity to cognitively or affectively connect with other people's thoughts and feelings--is a concept whose definition and meaning varies widely within philosophy and other disciplines. Philosophical Perspectives on Empathy advances research on the nature and function of empathy by exploring and challenging different theoretical approaches to this phenomenon. The first section of the book explores empathy as a historiographical method, presenting a number of rich and interesting arguments that have influenced the debate from the Nineteenth Century to the present day. The next group of essays broadly accepts the centrality of perspective-taking in empathy. Here the authors attempt to refine and improve this particular conception of empathy by clarifying the intentionality of the perspective taker's emotion, the perspective taker's meta-cognitive capacities, and the nature of central imagining itself. Finally, the concluding section argues for the re-evaluation, or even rejection, of empathy. These essays advance alternative theories that are relevant to current debates, such as narrative engagement and competence, attunement or the sharing of mental states, and the "second-person" model of empathy. This book features a wide range of perspectives on empathy written by experts across several different areas of philosophy. It will be of interest to researchers and upper-level students working on the philosophy of emotions across ethics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and the history of philosophy.
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART I Empathy as a Method; 2 Empathy: Affect, Language and Cognition in the Discovery of the Past; 3 Emotional Engagement in Scientific Biographies; PART II Empathy and Perspective Taking; 4 Empathy, Mentalization and Meta-Reflective Capacities; 5 The Object of an Empathetic Emotion; 6 What Can We Learn From Taking Another's Perspective?; 7 Sympathy and Projection, and Why We Should Be Wary of Empathy; PART III Challenges to Empathy; 8 Exploring Enactive Empathy: Actively Responding to and Understanding Others.
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9 Understanding Individual Agency: How Empathy and Narrative Competence Cooperate10 Empathy Without Sharing: Empathetic Responsiveness in Psychoanalysis and Politics; 11 An Imaginative-Associative Account of Affective Empathy; List of Contributors; Index.
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.4324/9780429506093.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429506093
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