Scientific Understanding
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To most scientists understanding is the ultimate aim of scientific endeavor. In spite of this, understanding, and how it is achieved, has received little attention in philosophy of science. This title seeks to reverse this trend by providing in-depth accounts of the concept of understanding and its essential role in the scientific process.

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To most scientists understanding is the ultimate aim of scientific endeavor. In spite of this, understanding, and how it is achieved, has received little attention in philosophy of science. This title seeks to reverse this trend by providing in-depth accounts of the concept of understanding and its essential role in the scientific process.
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Henk de Regt is a philosophy lecturer at VU University Amsterdam. He has published on the history and philosophy of science, with a focus on scientific explanation and understanding. He is co-founder of the European Philosophy of Science Association and of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice. Sabina Leonelli is a research fellow of the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society (Egenis) at the University of Exeter, UK. She investigates philosophical issues in relation to bioinformatics and model organism research in the biomedical sciences. Kai Eigner teaches philosophy of science at VU University Amsterdam. His research focuses on scientific understanding in the behavioral and cognitive sciences.