Philosophical Perspectives on Empathy : Theoretical Approaches and Emerging Challenges (Hardcover)

1. Introduction Derek Matravers and Anik Waldow Part I: Empathy as a Method 2. Empathy: Language, Affect and Cognition in the Discovery of the Past Anik Waldow 3. Emotional Engagement in Scientific Biographies Nick Jardine Part II: Empathy and Perceptive Taking 4. Empathy and Meta-Reflective Capacities Elisa Galgut 5. The Object of an Empathetic Emotion Derek Matravers 6. What Can We Learn From Taking Another’s Perspective? Heidi Maibom 7. Sympathy and Projection, and Why We Should Be Wary of Empathy Louisa Braddock Part III: Challenges to Empathy 8. Exploring Enactive Empathy: Actively Responding to and Understanding Others Daniel Hutto and Alan Jurgens 9. Understanding Individual Agency: How Empathy and Narrative Competence Cooperate Karsten Stueber 10. Empathy without Sharing: Empathetic Responsiveness in Psychanalysis and Politics Kate Abramson and Adam Leite 11. An Imaginative-Associative Account of Affective Empathy Talia Morag