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Understanding, explanation, and scientific knowledge /
Khalifa, Kareem
Understanding, explanation, and scientific knowledge / Kareem Khalifa. - New York: Cambridge university press, 2017. - xii, 252 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1 The Philosophy of Understanding
1.1. Kinds of Understanding
1.2. Degrees of Understanding
1.3. The Nexus Principle
1.4. The Scientific Knowledge Principle
1.5. The Explanation-Knowledge-Science (EKS) Model
1.6. The Received View of Understanding
1.7. A Look Ahead
Chapter 2 An Illustration: Bjorken Scaling
2.1. Preliminaries and Clarifications
2.2. Bjorken on Scaling 2.3. A Lack of Understanding2.4. Comparison with Batterman
2.5. Comparison with De Regt
2.6. Conclusion
Chapter 3 Understanding and Ability
3.1. The Classic Ability Argument
3.2. Resisting the Classic Ability Argument
3.3. The Updated Ability Argument
3.4. Pritchard on Cognitive Achievements
3.5. Hills on Cognitive Control
3.6. Grimm on Grasping
3.7. Conclusion
Chapter 4 Objectual Understanding
4.1. The Lay of the Land
4.2. Robust Breadth
4.3. Austere Breadth
4.4. Robust Coherence
4.5. Austere Coherence 4.6. ConclusionChapter 5 Understanding Without Explanation?
5.1. Liptonâ#x80;#x99;s Framework
5.2. Putting Explanation Back into Understanding
5.3. Examples of Modal Understanding
5.4. The Galileo Example
5.5. Unification via Tacit Analogy
5.6. Tacit Understanding of Causes
5.7. Conclusion: A Rapprochement?
Chapter 6 Understanding and True Belief
6.1. Getting Our Bearings
6.2. Historical Arguments
6.3. Idealization Arguments
6.4. Conclusion
Chapter 7 Lucky Understanding
7.1. The Luck Questions
7.2. Passé Compatibilism 7.3. Nouveau Incompatibilism7.4. Argumentum ex Scientia
7.5. Conclusion
7.6. Excursus: Gettier Luck
Chapter 8 The Value of Understanding
8.1. The Basic Value Question
8.2. The Distinctive Value Question
8.3. Conclusion: Understanding, Philosophy, and Scientific
First comprehensive exploration of the nature and value of understanding, addressing burgeoning debates in epistemology and philosophy of science.
9781316646915
Comprehension.
Science - Philosophy.
121.4 / KHA
Understanding, explanation, and scientific knowledge / Kareem Khalifa. - New York: Cambridge university press, 2017. - xii, 252 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1 The Philosophy of Understanding
1.1. Kinds of Understanding
1.2. Degrees of Understanding
1.3. The Nexus Principle
1.4. The Scientific Knowledge Principle
1.5. The Explanation-Knowledge-Science (EKS) Model
1.6. The Received View of Understanding
1.7. A Look Ahead
Chapter 2 An Illustration: Bjorken Scaling
2.1. Preliminaries and Clarifications
2.2. Bjorken on Scaling 2.3. A Lack of Understanding2.4. Comparison with Batterman
2.5. Comparison with De Regt
2.6. Conclusion
Chapter 3 Understanding and Ability
3.1. The Classic Ability Argument
3.2. Resisting the Classic Ability Argument
3.3. The Updated Ability Argument
3.4. Pritchard on Cognitive Achievements
3.5. Hills on Cognitive Control
3.6. Grimm on Grasping
3.7. Conclusion
Chapter 4 Objectual Understanding
4.1. The Lay of the Land
4.2. Robust Breadth
4.3. Austere Breadth
4.4. Robust Coherence
4.5. Austere Coherence 4.6. ConclusionChapter 5 Understanding Without Explanation?
5.1. Liptonâ#x80;#x99;s Framework
5.2. Putting Explanation Back into Understanding
5.3. Examples of Modal Understanding
5.4. The Galileo Example
5.5. Unification via Tacit Analogy
5.6. Tacit Understanding of Causes
5.7. Conclusion: A Rapprochement?
Chapter 6 Understanding and True Belief
6.1. Getting Our Bearings
6.2. Historical Arguments
6.3. Idealization Arguments
6.4. Conclusion
Chapter 7 Lucky Understanding
7.1. The Luck Questions
7.2. Passé Compatibilism 7.3. Nouveau Incompatibilism7.4. Argumentum ex Scientia
7.5. Conclusion
7.6. Excursus: Gettier Luck
Chapter 8 The Value of Understanding
8.1. The Basic Value Question
8.2. The Distinctive Value Question
8.3. Conclusion: Understanding, Philosophy, and Scientific
First comprehensive exploration of the nature and value of understanding, addressing burgeoning debates in epistemology and philosophy of science.
9781316646915
Comprehension.
Science - Philosophy.
121.4 / KHA