Helen Pluckrose

I suspect this is essentially a semantic issue but I think some semantics are more useful than others for discussing things.

No, there appears to be a conceptual distinction too. See discussion at 13 mins

Yes but it all comes down to defining empathy as something other than 'understanding how people feel on an emotional level.'

Yes, he's defining empathy in an narrower sense than it is often used.

He may have good reasons for this & reveal something important but my issue is with losing the word & having nothing to replace it.

Losing the word -- in what sense?

In conversations online. I tend to talk abt talking, finding common ground, understanding ppl, being charitable but also critical.

In short, I talk a lot abt trying to understand other people's motivations & feelings & then working with them to resolve things.