Commentary on “The epistemic harms of empathy in phenomenological psychopathology” by Lucienne Spencer and Matthew Broome

• Irarrázaval, Leonor ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

     Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

     Santiago, Chile

     
• Localización: Estudios de Filosofía, ISSN-e 2256-358X, ISSN 0121-3628, Nº. 70, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: july-december 2024 (Disease, illness, sickness: philosophical perspectives)), págs. 100-114
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.17533/udea.ef.355491
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  • Comentario sobre “Los daños epistémicos de la empatía en la psicopatología fenomenológica” por Lucienne Spencer y Matthew Broome
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    Se presenta un comentario crítico al artículo “Los Daños Epistémicos de la Empatía en la Psicopatología Fenomenológica” de Lucienne Spencer y Matthew Broome (2023). Los autores cometieron la “falacia de la definición ambigua o vaga” al interpretar incorrectamente las conceptualizaciones de Karl Jaspers, lo que resultó en dificultades para seguir argumentos lógicos y llegar a conclusiones razonables. Para superar esta falacia, el comentario proporciona aclaraciones conceptuales sobre la comprensión empática de Jaspers (einfühlendes Verstehen), concebida como el concepto fundamental de su proyecto para desarrollar una psicopatología de orientación fenomenológica. Este concepto fue introducido inicialmente por Jaspers en el artículo “Die phänomenologische Forschungsrichtung in der Psychopathologie” [La Dirección de Investigación Fenomenológica en Psicopatología], publicado en 1912, y ampliado en su obra maestra “Allgemeine Psychopathologie” [Psicopatología general], publicada en 1913.

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    This paper presents a critical commentary on the article “The Epistemic Harms of Empathy in Phenomenological Psychopathology” by Lucienne Spencer and Matthew Broome (2023). The authors committed the “fallacy of ambiguous or vague definition” by incorrectly interpreting Karl Jaspers’ conceptualizations, resulting in difficulties following logical arguments and arriving at reasonable conclusions. To overcome this fallacy, the commentary provides conceptual clarifications regarding Jaspers’ empathic understand-ing (einfühlendes Verstehen), which was conceived as the foundational concept of his project to develop a phenomenologically oriented psychopathology. Jaspers initially introduced this concept in the article “Die phänomenologische Forschungsrichtung in der Psychopathologie” [The Phenomenological Research Direction in Psychopathology], published in 1912, and extended in his magnum opus “Allgemeine Psychopathologie” [General Psychopathology], published in 1913.

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