From Defining Empathy to Mapping Empathy

dc.contributor.advisorMölder, Bruno, juhendajaet
dc.contributor.advisorBohl, Vivian, juhendajaet
dc.contributor.authorReiljan, Merikeet
dc.contributor.otherTartu Ülikool. Filosoofiateaduskondet
dc.contributor.otherTartu Ülikool. Filosoofia osakondet
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-21T10:53:20Z
dc.date.available2016-10-21T10:53:20Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractEmpathy has gained a lot of attention over the last decades in philosophical, psychological, neuroscientific, and medical research and this interest is constantly growing. However, the research is overshadowed by a long ongoing debate over what empathy is and an agreement does not seem forthcoming. The dissertation is a careful analysis of possible options for overcoming the terminological issues with an emphasis on a critical assessment of a solution provided by Amy Coplan. This solution is to avoid conflation and confusion of phenomena that have important differences, by defining empathy narrowly. The dissertation is a criticism of Coplan’s approach and a defence of the view that there is a plurality of kinds of empathy. I argue that the best way forward for empathy research is to create a systematised taxonomy of kinds of empathy and empathetic processes and that the best tool for this purpose is a map that presents the kinds of empathy and their interrelations. I have called this tool an empathy map. The thesis includes a preliminary empathy map and illustrative examples of how the map could take shape, lead to progress in empathy research and provide better understanding of the relevance of different types of empathy in diagnosing mental disorders and in everyday social relations.en
dc.description.urihttps://www.ester.ee/record=b5178825
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10062/54239
dc.language.isoenet
dc.publisherTartu Ülikoolet
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rightsopenAccesset
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectempaatiaet
dc.subjectCoplan, Amyet
dc.subjectfilosoofiaet
dc.subject.othermagistritöödet
dc.titleFrom Defining Empathy to Mapping Empathyen
dc.typeThesiset

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