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Empathy and other-awareness
pp. 112-135
Abstract
We are aware of other persons in many different ways. Our thoughts, feelings, or experiences may present another by image in a mental picture, by name as "Dagfinn Føllesdal" or "Virginia Woolf", by description as "the founder of cubism" or "the leader of the Cuban Revolution", or indexically as "you" or "she" or "he" or "they". But it is only in perception, especially in seeing "you" or "her" or "him", that we are acquainted with other persons.
Publication details
Published in:
Smith David Woodruff (1989) The circle of acquaintance: Perception, consciousness, and empathy. Dordrecht, Kluwer.
Pages: 112-135
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0961-8_4
Full citation:
Smith David Woodruff (1989) Empathy and other-awareness, In: The circle of acquaintance, Dordrecht, Kluwer, 112–135.