TY  - BOOK
AU  - Khalifa, Kareem
TI  - Understanding, explanation, and scientific knowledge
SN  - 9781316646915
U1  - 121.4 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge university press
KW  - Comprehension
KW  - Science - Philosophy
N1  - 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
N2  - First comprehensive exploration of the nature and value of understanding, addressing burgeoning debates in epistemology and philosophy of science
ER  -