Explaining Understanding
New Perspectives from Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
Herausgeber: Grimm, Stephen R; Ammon, Sabine; Baumberger, Christoph
Explaining Understanding
New Perspectives from Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
Herausgeber: Grimm, Stephen R; Ammon, Sabine; Baumberger, Christoph
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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
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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
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 338
- Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
- Gewicht: 476g
- ISBN-13: 9780367736767
- ISBN-10: 0367736764
- Artikelnr.: 69894347
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 338
- Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
- Gewicht: 476g
- ISBN-13: 9780367736767
- ISBN-10: 0367736764
- Artikelnr.: 69894347
Stephen R. Grimm is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, his B.A. from Williams College, and he works mainly in epistemology, the philosophy of science, and ethics. Christoph Baumberger is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Environmental Decisions at ETH Zurich. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich, and he has published in epistemology, philosophy of science, aesthetics, and philosophy of architecture. Sabine Ammon works at the Berlin University of Technology as a Marie Sk¿odowska-Curie Fellow, funded by the European Union. She received her Ph.D. from Berlin University of Technology. She works mainly in epistemology, philosophy of engineering sciences and technology, image theory, and design ethics.
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Guide to the Essays
1 What is Understanding? An Overview of Recent Debates in Epistemology and
Philosophy of Science
Christoph Baumberger, Claus Beisbart and Georg Brun
Part I
Understanding and the Facts
2 How Idealization Provide Understanding
Michael Strevens
3 How False Theories can Yield Genuine Understanding
Henk W. de Regt and Victor Gijsbers
4 Exemplification in Understanding
Catherine Z. Elgin
5 Explaining Understanding, Understanding Knowledge
Sabine Ammon
6 Enlightening Falsehoods: A Model View of Scientific Understanding
Soazig Le Bihan
Part II
Understanding and its Norms
7 Must Understanding be Coherent?
Kareem Khalifa
8 Dimensions of Objectual Understanding
Christoph Baumberger and Georg Brun
9 An Evidentialist Account of Explanatory Understanding
Mark Newman
10 Understanding and Transparency
Stephen R. Grimm
11 Satisfying Understanding
John Greco
Part III
Understanding and the Epistemic Agent
12 Towards a Knowledge-Based Account of Understanding
Christoph Kelp
13 Cognitive Bias, Scepticism and Understanding
J. Adam Carter and Duncan Pritchard
14 Social Epistemology and the Acquisition of Understanding
Emma C. Gordon
15 Understanding without Believing
Daniel A. Wilkenfeld
Index
Acknowledgements
Guide to the Essays
1 What is Understanding? An Overview of Recent Debates in Epistemology and
Philosophy of Science
Christoph Baumberger, Claus Beisbart and Georg Brun
Part I
Understanding and the Facts
2 How Idealization Provide Understanding
Michael Strevens
3 How False Theories can Yield Genuine Understanding
Henk W. de Regt and Victor Gijsbers
4 Exemplification in Understanding
Catherine Z. Elgin
5 Explaining Understanding, Understanding Knowledge
Sabine Ammon
6 Enlightening Falsehoods: A Model View of Scientific Understanding
Soazig Le Bihan
Part II
Understanding and its Norms
7 Must Understanding be Coherent?
Kareem Khalifa
8 Dimensions of Objectual Understanding
Christoph Baumberger and Georg Brun
9 An Evidentialist Account of Explanatory Understanding
Mark Newman
10 Understanding and Transparency
Stephen R. Grimm
11 Satisfying Understanding
John Greco
Part III
Understanding and the Epistemic Agent
12 Towards a Knowledge-Based Account of Understanding
Christoph Kelp
13 Cognitive Bias, Scepticism and Understanding
J. Adam Carter and Duncan Pritchard
14 Social Epistemology and the Acquisition of Understanding
Emma C. Gordon
15 Understanding without Believing
Daniel A. Wilkenfeld
Index
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Guide to the Essays
1 What is Understanding? An Overview of Recent Debates in Epistemology and
Philosophy of Science
Christoph Baumberger, Claus Beisbart and Georg Brun
Part I
Understanding and the Facts
2 How Idealization Provide Understanding
Michael Strevens
3 How False Theories can Yield Genuine Understanding
Henk W. de Regt and Victor Gijsbers
4 Exemplification in Understanding
Catherine Z. Elgin
5 Explaining Understanding, Understanding Knowledge
Sabine Ammon
6 Enlightening Falsehoods: A Model View of Scientific Understanding
Soazig Le Bihan
Part II
Understanding and its Norms
7 Must Understanding be Coherent?
Kareem Khalifa
8 Dimensions of Objectual Understanding
Christoph Baumberger and Georg Brun
9 An Evidentialist Account of Explanatory Understanding
Mark Newman
10 Understanding and Transparency
Stephen R. Grimm
11 Satisfying Understanding
John Greco
Part III
Understanding and the Epistemic Agent
12 Towards a Knowledge-Based Account of Understanding
Christoph Kelp
13 Cognitive Bias, Scepticism and Understanding
J. Adam Carter and Duncan Pritchard
14 Social Epistemology and the Acquisition of Understanding
Emma C. Gordon
15 Understanding without Believing
Daniel A. Wilkenfeld
Index
Acknowledgements
Guide to the Essays
1 What is Understanding? An Overview of Recent Debates in Epistemology and
Philosophy of Science
Christoph Baumberger, Claus Beisbart and Georg Brun
Part I
Understanding and the Facts
2 How Idealization Provide Understanding
Michael Strevens
3 How False Theories can Yield Genuine Understanding
Henk W. de Regt and Victor Gijsbers
4 Exemplification in Understanding
Catherine Z. Elgin
5 Explaining Understanding, Understanding Knowledge
Sabine Ammon
6 Enlightening Falsehoods: A Model View of Scientific Understanding
Soazig Le Bihan
Part II
Understanding and its Norms
7 Must Understanding be Coherent?
Kareem Khalifa
8 Dimensions of Objectual Understanding
Christoph Baumberger and Georg Brun
9 An Evidentialist Account of Explanatory Understanding
Mark Newman
10 Understanding and Transparency
Stephen R. Grimm
11 Satisfying Understanding
John Greco
Part III
Understanding and the Epistemic Agent
12 Towards a Knowledge-Based Account of Understanding
Christoph Kelp
13 Cognitive Bias, Scepticism and Understanding
J. Adam Carter and Duncan Pritchard
14 Social Epistemology and the Acquisition of Understanding
Emma C. Gordon
15 Understanding without Believing
Daniel A. Wilkenfeld
Index