Imagination and Empathy

There is much that we have yet to understand about empathy. Richard Wollheim, a noteworthy philosopher in the areas of the mind and emotions, argues that we confuse empathy and sympathy more often than we think, and that we actually don't practice empathy as often as we may believe to. This episode will explore Wollheim's criteria for empathy, the vital role that imagination plays in the act of empathy, and how we could become better at empathy in our daily lives. By Sydney Leiweke.