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This book constitutes a systematic and historically informed defense of the controversial thesis that empathy is epistemically central to our folkpsychological ability to understand other agents. I will develop the argument for empathy in the…

London, Friday, April 30,1602. The last year of Elizabeth I’s
reign. A 14-year-old girl, Mary Glover, the daughter of a
well-to-do shopkeeper, left her house on Thames Street
to run an errand for her mother.

For some, emotions are uniquely human attributes; for others,
emotions can be seen everywhere from animals to machines and even the
weather. Yet, ever since Darwin published The Expression of the Emotions in
Man and Animals, it has been agreed…

Those who read this book, either as newcomers to the field or as experienced
practitioners within it, will do so at a time of change. As new initiatives permeate the educational landscape the context and impact of change has to be
measured in…

I fi rst met Dr. Evelin Lindner in December 2001 when she was the speaker
at a Colloquium of the Peace Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. I was attracted to the colloquium by the title of her talk,
“Humiliation and the…

Most books, however, treat only one aspect of emotions, such as
emotions and the brain, emotions and well-being, or emotions and
computer agents. This interdisciplinary book presents recent work
on emotions in neuroscience, cognitive science,…

Many people have helped in the research and writing of this book in various ways:
by welcoming me as a participant in their activities and by submitting to interviews,
by providing pre-publication material and other documentation on…

In 1981, Leonard Pearlin and his colleagues published an article that would radically shift the sociological study of mental health from an emphasis on psychiatric
disorder to a focus on social structure and its consequences for stress and…

Parent and adult child.