In this essay I describe different positions on the principal separation or connectedness of individuals, and Theory of Mind as well as Interaction Theory based approaches on empathy. Following Interaction Theory, I raise the question, what remains of the original meaning of empathy as feeling in, meant as an additional source of understanding of the experience of others, that cannot be reached by other ways of interrogation and contact. I discuss that the term empathy in this approach may not be distinguished enough from other kinds of interpersonal contact, as for the term to remain informative. I raise the objection that simulation, used in the right manner, is well entitled to the term empathy.