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? Hans Herbert Koegler and Karsten R. Stueber's Empathy and Agency addresses this 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. The book serves as both an introduction to the debate for non-academic audiences and as a catalyst for further discussion for serious theorists. 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.

About the Author
Hans Herbert Kogler is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of North Florida. He is the author of Michel Foucault: Ein anti-humanistischer Aufklarer (1994) and The Power of Dialogue: Critical Hermeneutics after Gadamer and Foucalt (1996), as well as numerous articles in interpretive and social philosophy. Karsten R. Stueber is associate professor of philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross. He is the author of Donald Davidson's Theory of Linguistic Understanding (1993) and co-editor of Philosophie der Skepsis (1996). He has also published articles on Wittgenstein, the philosophy of language, epistemology, and philosophy of mind.


Book Information
ISBN 9780813391199
Author Hans Herbert Kogler
Format Paperback
Page Count 328
Imprint Westview Press Inc
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 453g