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Empathy

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Empathy

By Derek Matravers

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About the book

How can we understand another person's feelings, thoughts, words or behaviour? Through empathy, it is hoped, we might use our imaginations to shift our perspective into another person's, thereby grasping their thoughts and emotions. In this insightful new book, Derek Matravers negotiates the evolution of this fascinating concept. He explores the roots of the term in the work of David Hume and Adam Smith, its re-emergence in a new form in nineteenth-century German philosophy, and its resurgence a...Show more

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ISBN

9780745670751

Publisher

Polity Press

Published year

2017

Language

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1

Original title

Empathy

Format

Paperback

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