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Empathy And Agency
The Problem Of Understanding In The Human Sciences
Debate in Cognitive and Social Science
A crucial debate currently raging in the fields of cognitive and social science centers around general and specific approaches to understanding the actions of others. When we understand the actions of another person, do we do so on the basis of a general theory of psychology, or on the basis of an effort to place ourselves in the particular position of that specific person?
About the Book
Empathy and Agency by Hans Herbert Kögler and Karsten R. Stueber addresses these other issues vital to current social science in an advanced and diverse analysis of the foundations of social-scientific methodology based on recent cognitive psychology.
Purpose and Audience
The book serves as both an introduction to the debate for non-academic audiences and as a catalyst for further discussion for serious theorists.
Content and Significance
Empathy and Agency provides a solid foundation of the fundamental issues in social and cognitive science, but also presents the most influential paradigms in the field at this time.
