Repeated empathy

A phenomenological description

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14422/pen.v79.i302.y2023.010

Keywords:

empathy, reitability, living body, intersubjectivity, other people’s experiences

Abstract

In a couple of excerpts from her doctoral thesis Zum Problem der Einfühlung, Edith Stein gives indications about a phenomenon she calls «repeated empathy» (iterierter Einfühlung) to distinguish it from the «reflective sympathy» (reflexive Simpathie) of Theodor Lips. In this paper we attempt to understand what repeated empathy is. In our opinion this phenomenon is fundamental for a greater understanding of intersubjectivity, since in repeated empathy we have access to alien experiences in which we see ourselves through the gaze of others. So in this phenomenon we see ourselves as another sees us. The purpose of this approaching essay is to lay the foundations of this phenomenon by clarifying its meaning.

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Author Biography

Rubén Sánchez Muñoz, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla

Profesor Investigador de la Facultad de Filosofía de la Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP), México, y miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores del CONACYT, del Círculo Latinoamericano de Fenomenología y The International Association for the Study of the Philosophy of Edith Stein. Autor de la Introducción al personalismo de Edith Stein (Universidad Pontificia de México, 2016), coordinador de Meditaciones sobre la filosofía de Ortega (Torres Asociados-Universidad Veracruzana, 2016) Pensar la fenomenología desde dentro. Ensayos críticos (Universidad Veracruzana, 2017), Perspectivas fenomenológicas sobre la cultura (Ediciones del Lirio-UPAEP, 2018) y Perspectivas éticas (Tirant Lo Blanch-UV, 2018).

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Published

2023-07-10

How to Cite

Sánchez Muñoz, R. (2023). Repeated empathy: A phenomenological description. Pensamiento. Revista De Investigación E Información Filosófica, 79(302), 203–219. https://doi.org/10.14422/pen.v79.i302.y2023.010

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Vol. 79 No. 302 (2023): January-April

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Estudios, textos, notas y comentarios

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