Explaining Understanding by Stephen R. Grimm, Christoph Baumb... - 9780367736767

Explaining UnderstandingNew Perspectives from Epistemology and Philosophy of Science\nAuthor(s): Stephen R. Grimm, Christoph Baumberger, Sabine Ammon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367736767, 978-0367736767\nSynopsis\nWhat does it mean to understand something? What types of understanding can be distinguished? Is understanding always provided by explanations? And how is it related to knowledge? Such questions have attracted considerable interest in epistemology recently. These discussions, however, have not yet engaged insights about explanations and theories developed in philosophy of science. Conversely, philosophers of science have debated the nature of explanations and theories, while dismissing understanding as a psychological by-product. \n\nIn this book, epistemologists and philosophers of science together address basic questions about the nature of understanding, providing a new overview of the field. F.