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On the Problem of Empathy

The Collected Works of Edith Stein Sister Teresa Bendicta of the Cross Discalced Carmelite Volume Three

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  1. Waltraut Stein
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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Foreword

    • Waltraut Stein
    Pages 1-2

  3. The Essence of Acts of Empathy

    • Waltraut Stein
    Pages 3-35

  4. The Constitution of the Psycho-Physical Individual

    • Waltraut Stein
    Pages 37-89

  5. Empathy as the Understanding of Spiritual Persons

    • Waltraut Stein
    Pages 91-118

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 119-137
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he radical viewpoint of phenomenology is presented by T 3 Edmund Husser! in his Ideas. This viewpoint seems quite simple at first, but becomes exceedingly complex and involves intricate distinctions when attempts are made to apply it to actual problems. Therefore, it may be well to attempt a short statement of this position in order to note the general problems with which it is dealing as well as the method of solution which it proposes. I shall emphasize the elements of phenomenology which seem most relevant to E. Stein's work. Husser! deals with two traditional philosophical questions, and in answering them, develops the method of phenomenological reduction which he maintains is the basis of all science. These questions are, "What is it that can be known without doubt?" and "How is this knowledge possible in the most general sense?" In the tradition of idealism he takes consciousness as the area to be investigated. He posits nothing about the natural world. He puts it in "brackets," as a portion of an algebraic formula is put in brackets, and makes no use of the material within these brackets. This does not mean that the "real" wor!d does not exist, he says emphatically; it only means that this existence is a presupposition must be suspended to achieve pure description.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: On the Problem of Empathy

  • Book Subtitle: The Collected Works of Edith Stein Sister Teresa Bendicta of the Cross Discalced Carmelite Volume Three

  • Authors: Waltraut Stein

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1051-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites, Inc. 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0485-2Published: 31 December 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6964-9Published: 17 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1051-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 137

  • Topics: Phenomenology, General Psychology, Ethics

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