Chapter 1 Understanding in science and beyond
This volume explores how understanding relates to conscious experience. In doing so, it builds bridges between different philosophical disciplines and provides a metaphysically robust characterization of understanding, both in and beyond science. The past two decades have witnessed growing interest...
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| description | This volume explores how understanding relates to conscious experience. In doing so, it builds bridges between different philosophical disciplines and provides a metaphysically robust characterization of understanding, both in and beyond science. The past two decades have witnessed growing interest from epistemologists, philosophers of science, philosophers of mind and ethicists in the nature and value of intellectual understanding. This volume features original essays on understanding and the phenomenal experiences that underlie it. The chapters are divided into three thematic sections. Part 1 provides theoretical characterizations of understanding, including Henk de Regt’s defense of a contextual theory of scientific understanding and a debate on whether scientific inference and explanatory power are necessary or central features of understanding. Part 2 explores how conscious experience and understanding are related. The chapters articulate a phenomenal theory of understanding and address themes that are connected to understanding, including awareness, transformative experiences and exemplification. Finally, Part 3 is devoted to domain-specific inquiries about understanding, such as logical proofs, particle physics and moral understanding. Understanding and Conscious Experience will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in the philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics and phenomenology. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1483302025-07-21T15:45:10Z Chapter 1 Understanding in science and beyond de Regt, Henk scientific understanding,value of understanding,scientific explanation,logical proofs and inferences,epistemology of modeling,structuralism,phenomenal experience,epistemology of ignorance,Aha experiences,insights,tacit understanding,transformative experiences,exemplification,pictorial representation,cognitive enhancement,moral understanding thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science This volume explores how understanding relates to conscious experience. In doing so, it builds bridges between different philosophical disciplines and provides a metaphysically robust characterization of understanding, both in and beyond science. The past two decades have witnessed growing interest from epistemologists, philosophers of science, philosophers of mind and ethicists in the nature and value of intellectual understanding. This volume features original essays on understanding and the phenomenal experiences that underlie it. The chapters are divided into three thematic sections. Part 1 provides theoretical characterizations of understanding, including Henk de Regt’s defense of a contextual theory of scientific understanding and a debate on whether scientific inference and explanatory power are necessary or central features of understanding. Part 2 explores how conscious experience and understanding are related. The chapters articulate a phenomenal theory of understanding and address themes that are connected to understanding, including awareness, transformative experiences and exemplification. Finally, Part 3 is devoted to domain-specific inquiries about understanding, such as logical proofs, particle physics and moral understanding. Understanding and Conscious Experience will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in the philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics and phenomenology. 2024-12-10T05:36:42Z 2024-12-10T05:36:42Z 2024-12-09T15:12:29Z 2025 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/95817 9781032568072 9781032568089 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/148330 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/95817/1/9781003437239_10.4324_9781003437239-3.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/95817/1/9781003437239_10.4324_9781003437239-3.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003437239-3 10.4324/9781003437239-3 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Understanding and Conscious Experience Radboud Universiteit f8086bb3-4491-4846-8538-b72c95d76c0d 9781032568072 9781032568089 Routledge 20 open access |
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