Table of Contents
Introduction Heidi L. Maibom
Part 1: Core Issues
1. Cognitive Empathy Shannon Spaulding
2. Affective empathy Heidi L. Maibom
3. Empathy, phenomenology, and mindreading Dan Zahavi
4. The neuroscience of empathy Christine Cong Guo
5. Empathy and mirror neurons Remy Debes
6. The evolution of empathy Armin Schulz
Part 2: History of Empathy
7. Empathy in the aesthetic tradition Derek Matravers
8. Empathy in the phenomenological tradition James Jardine & Thomas Szanto
9. Empathy in Hume & Smith Imola Ilyes
10. Empathy in 20th Century psychology Mark Davis
11. Empathy, compassion, and "exchanging self and other" in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism Emily McRae
Part 3: Empathy and Understanding
12. Empathy and understanding reasons Karsten Stueber
13. Empathy and knowing "what it’s like" Ian Ravenscroft
14. Empathy and direct perception theories Shaun Gallagher
15. Empathy and intersubjectivity Josh May
16. Empathy and imagination Adam Morton
17. Empathy and understanding mental illness Matthew Ratcliffe
Part 4: Empathy and Morals
18. Empathy and altruism Thomas Schramme
19. Empathy and moral judgment Antti Kaupinnen
20. Empathy and moral motivation Alison Denham
21. Empathy and moral responsibility David Shoemaker
22. Empathy and legal responsibility Ishtiyaque Haji
23. Empathy and care ethics Maurice Hamington
24. Empathy and medical treatment Per Nortvedt
Part 5: Empathy in Art and Aesthetics
25. Empathy and visual art Noël Carroll
26. Empathy in music Jenefer Robinson
27. Empathy in literature Eileen John
28. Empathy in film Jane Stadler
29. Empathy and imaginative resistance Kathleen Stock
Part 6: Empathy and Individual Differences
30. Empathy across cultures Douglas Hollan
31. Empathic accuracy William Ickes & Vivian P. Ta
32. Empathy and psychopathology Jeanette Kennett
33. Gender and empathy Robyn Bluhm.
Index