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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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- 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.
- Subjects
- 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