Empathy, togetherness, familiarity

Osler, Lucy 2022. Empathy, togetherness, familiarity. Metodo 10 (1) , pp. 145-178. 10.19079/metodo.10.1.145

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Abstract

In this paper, I consider the role that epistemic familiarity plays in our empathetic perception and our feeling togetherness with others. To do this, I distinguish between what I have dubbed familiarity by acquaintance and familiarity by resemblance and explore their role in our empathetic experiences and various forms of feeling togetherness with others both offline and online. In particular, I resist the idea that we should caveat experiences of online empathy and online togetherness with the requirement of already being familiar by acquaintance with the relevant person in the offline world. In contrast, familiarity by resemblance appears to play a crucial role in shaping our experiences of others, emphasising that what we experience as another’s expressive experience and how we experience that expressive experience is permeated by previous intersubjective encounters whether online or offline.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
ISSN:	2281-9177
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	16 January 2023
Date of Acceptance:	1 November 2022
Last Modified:	06 May 2023 13:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/155958

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