Explaining Understanding : New Perspectives from Epistemology and Philosophy of Science /: New Perspectives from Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen R. Grimm, Christoph Baumberger, Sabine Ammon.
• Editors: Grimm, Stephen R; Baumberger, Christoph; Ammon, Sabine
• Contents: 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
• Publisher Details: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (354 pages), (5 illustrations)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317414162; 1317414160
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.