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Explaining understanding : new perspectives from epistemology and philosophy of science

Title
Explaining understanding : new perspectives from epistemology and philosophy of science / edited by Stephen R. Grimm, Christoph Baumberger and Sabine Ammon.
Publication
  • New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Grimm, Stephen R. (Stephen Robert), 1971-
  • Baumberger, Christoph
  • Ammon, Sabine
Description
xvi, 337 pages; 24 cm
Summary
What does it mean to understand something? What types of understanding can be distinguished? Is understanding always provided by explanations? And how is it related to knowledge? Such questions have attracted considerable interest in epistemology recently. These discussions, however, have not yet engaged insights about explanations and theories developed in philosophy of science. Conversely, philosophers of science have debated the nature of explanations and theories, while dismissing understanding as a psychological by-product. In this book, epistemologists and philosophers of science together address basic questions about the nature of understanding, providing a new overview of the field. Its 15 original chapters are essential reading for researchers and graduate students interested in the current debates about understanding.
Subject
  • Knowledge, Theory of
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Wissenschaftsphilosophie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Understanding and the facts -- Understanding and its norms -- Understanding the epistemic agent.
Call Number
JFE 17-4429
ISBN
  • 9781138921931
  • 1138921939
LCCN
2016013447
OCLC
945648354
Title
Explaining understanding : new perspectives from epistemology and philosophy of science / edited by Stephen R. Grimm, Christoph Baumberger and Sabine Ammon.
Publisher
New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Grimm, Stephen R. (Stephen Robert), 1971- editor.
Baumberger, Christoph, editor.
Ammon, Sabine, editor.
Research Call Number
JFE 17-4429
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