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Empathy as a route to knowledge

Matravers, Derek (2011). Empathy as a route to knowledge. In: Coplan, Amy and Goldie, Peter eds. Empathy: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 19–30.

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Abstract

This paper considers whether empathy is a reliable enough mechanism for what it teaches us to count as knowledge.

Item Type: Book Chapter
Copyright Holders: 2011 The Author
ISBN: 0-19-953995-2, 978-0-19-953995-6
Academic Unit/Department: Arts > Philosophy
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Item ID: 30736
Depositing User: Derek Matravers
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2012 14:54
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2012 15:08
URI: http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/30736

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