The Complicated History of Einfuhlung
The Complicated History of Einfuhlung
Author(s): Magdalena NowakSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Einfuhlung; empathy; understanding; mimesis; re-enactment
Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the history of the Einfuhlung concept. Theories of "feeling into" Nature, works of art of feelings and behaviours of other persons by German philosophers of the second half of the nineteenth century Robert and Friedrich Vischer and Theodor Lopps are evoked, as well as a similar theory of understanding (Verstehen) by Wilhelm Dilthey and Friedrich Schleiermacher, to which Dilthey refers.
Journal: ARGUMENT: Biannual Philosophical Journal
- Issue Year: I/2011
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 301-326
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English