Empathy: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives

by Peter Goldie

Book Overview

Empathy has for a long time, at least since the eighteenth century, been seen as centrally important in relation to our capacity to gain a grasp of the content of other people's minds, and predict and explain what they will think, feel, and do; and in relation to our capacity to respond to others ethically. In addition, empathy is seen as having a central role in aesthetics, in the understanding of our engagement with works of art and with fictional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198706421
• ISBN13: 9780198706427
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"