Tag: empathy

May 10th, 2025 at 2:30PM

Neurodiversity

This roundtable explores the concept of neurodiversity – recognizing variations in neurological function – challenging conventional notions of deficit and considering empathetic approaches to support individuals with diverse cognitive experiences.

May 10th, 2025 at 2:30PM

Neurodiversity

This roundtable explores the concept of neurodiversity – recognizing variations in neurological function – challenging conventional notions of deficit and considering empathetic approaches to support individuals with diverse cognitive experiences.
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Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 2:30pm

Emergence of Empathy: Encountering The Other Through Fiction

Like sympathy, empathy derives from the Greek root pathos meaning “to endure or to undergo.”  It was coined in 1909 by a psychologist at Cornell University, Edward Bradford Titchner, who suggested the term as a translation of the German Einfühlung.
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Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 2:30pm

Emergence of Empathy: Encountering The Other Through Fiction

Like sympathy, empathy derives from the Greek root pathos meaning “to endure or to undergo.”  It was coined in 1909 by a psychologist at Cornell University, Edward Bradford Titchner, who suggested the term as a translation of the German Einfühlung.
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Saturday, June 8th
2:30 - 4:30PM

Altruism and Empathy

Is selflessness a necessary illusion? Are we condemned to weigh the costs (whether consciously or not) of the welfare of others against the benefits to ourselves ? We develop a “theory of mind” around age three, concurrently building our capacity to recognize emotions experienced by others.… read more »

Saturday, June 8th
2:30 - 4:30PM

Altruism and Empathy

Is selflessness a necessary illusion? Are we condemned to weigh the costs (whether consciously or not) of the welfare of others against the benefits to ourselves ? We develop a “theory of mind” around age three, concurrently building our capacity to recognize emotions experienced by others.… read more »

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