How Do We Understand Others? Empathy and Theory-Theory of Mind as Two Different, but Cooperative, Mechanisms for Sensibility

The aim of this paper is to understand whether Theory-Theory of Mind (TToM) can be considered the one and only source of our understanding of others or not. I support the idea that TToM cannot have such a role and that it can be played only by basic empathy - a sui generis perception. In this paper...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6a818b6bec3e4ab0a6a07d5c0fde33772021-12-02T10:23:38ZHow Do We Understand Others? Empathy and Theory-Theory of Mind as Two Different, but Cooperative, Mechanisms for Sensibility10.13128/Phe_Mi-195932280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/6a818b6bec3e4ab0a6a07d5c0fde33772016-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7112https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 The aim of this paper is to understand whether Theory-Theory of Mind (TToM) can be considered the one and only source of our understanding of others or not. I support the idea that TToM cannot have such a role and that it can be played only by basic empathy - a sui generis perception. In this paper, I challenge TToM as basic, I then consider the notion of “empathy” and I provide a very narrow definition of low-level empathy, that I compare to Scheler’s account on affective phenomena. Sarah SonghorianRosenberg & SellierarticleTheory-Theory of Mindbasic empathyMax SchelerAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 4 (2016)
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language EN
FR
IT
topic Theory-Theory of Mind
basic empathy
Max Scheler
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
spellingShingle Theory-Theory of Mind
basic empathy
Max Scheler
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
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Sarah Songhorian
How Do We Understand Others? Empathy and Theory-Theory of Mind as Two Different, but Cooperative, Mechanisms for Sensibility
description The aim of this paper is to understand whether Theory-Theory of Mind (TToM) can be considered the one and only source of our understanding of others or not. I support the idea that TToM cannot have such a role and that it can be played only by basic empathy - a sui generis perception. In this paper, I challenge TToM as basic, I then consider the notion of “empathy” and I provide a very narrow definition of low-level empathy, that I compare to Scheler’s account on affective phenomena.
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title How Do We Understand Others? Empathy and Theory-Theory of Mind as Two Different, but Cooperative, Mechanisms for Sensibility
title_short How Do We Understand Others? Empathy and Theory-Theory of Mind as Two Different, but Cooperative, Mechanisms for Sensibility
title_full How Do We Understand Others? Empathy and Theory-Theory of Mind as Two Different, but Cooperative, Mechanisms for Sensibility
title_fullStr How Do We Understand Others? Empathy and Theory-Theory of Mind as Two Different, but Cooperative, Mechanisms for Sensibility
title_full_unstemmed How Do We Understand Others? Empathy and Theory-Theory of Mind as Two Different, but Cooperative, Mechanisms for Sensibility
title_sort how do we understand others? empathy and theory-theory of mind as two different, but cooperative, mechanisms for sensibility
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