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Full Idea
We know others' emotions by 1) understanding and explaining them, 2) emotional contagion, 3) empathy, 4) in-his-shoes imagining, and 5) sympathy.
Gist of Idea
We know other's emotions by explanation, contagion, empathy, imagination, or sympathy
Source
Peter Goldie (The Emotions [2000], 7 Intro)
Book Ref
Goldie,Peter: 'The Emotions' [OUP 2002], p.177
A Reaction
He says these must be clearly distinguished, because they are often confused. In-his-shoes is 'me in their position', where empathy is how the position is just for them. The Simulationist approach likes these two. Sympathy need not share the feelings.
Related Idea
Idea 24006 Empathy and imagining don't ensure sympathy, and sympathy doesn't need them [Goldie]