Understanding, explanation, and scientific knowledge

著者

    • Khalifa, Kareem

書誌事項

Understanding, explanation, and scientific knowledge

Kareem Khalifa

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-245) and index

Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019

"First paperback edition 2019" -- t.p verso

内容説明・目次

内容説明

From antiquity to the end of the twentieth century, philosophical discussions of understanding remained undeveloped, guided by a 'received view' that takes understanding to be nothing more than knowledge of an explanation. More recently, however, this received view has been criticized, and bold new philosophical proposals about understanding have emerged in its place. In this book, Kareem Khalifa argues that the received view should be revised but not abandoned. In doing so, he clarifies and answers the most central questions in this burgeoning field of philosophical research: what kinds of cognitive abilities are involved in understanding? What is the relationship between the understanding that explanations provide and the understanding that experts have of broader subject matters? Can there be understanding without explanation? How can one understand something on the basis of falsehoods? Is understanding a species of knowledge? What is the value of understanding?

目次

  • 1. The philosophy of understanding
  • 2. An illustration: Bjorken scaling
  • 3. Understanding and ability
  • 4. Objectual understanding
  • 5. Understanding without explanation?
  • 6. Understanding and true belief
  • 7. Lucky understanding
  • 8. The value of understanding.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BD01709700
  • ISBN
    • 9781316646915
  • 出版国コード
    ja
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    [Japan]
  • ページ数/冊数
    xii, 252 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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