Making Sense of the World - New Essays on the Philosophy of Understanding

Informationen zum Autor Stephen R. Grimm is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. Klappentext Making Sense of the World offers original work on the nature of understanding by a range of distinguished philosophers. Although some of the essays are by scholars well known for their work on understanding, many of the essays bring entirely new figures to the discussion. The main purpose of the volume is twofold: to advance debates in epistemology and the philosophy of science, where work on understanding has recently flourished, and to jumpstart new questions and debates about understanding in other areas of philosophy, such as aesthetics, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. Zusammenfassung This collection offers original work on the nature of understanding by a range of distinguished philosophers. Although some of the essays are by scholars well known for their work on understanding, many of the essays bring entirely new figures to the discussion. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Stephen R. Grimm: Introduction 2: John Bengson: The Unity of Understanding 3: Remy Debes: Understanding Persons and The Problem of Power 4: Fiona Ellis: Religious Understanding, Naturalism, and Desire 5: Gordon Graham: Philosophy, Knowledge, and Understanding 6: Stephen R. Grimm: The Ethics of Understanding 7: Allan Hazlett: Understanding and Structure 8: Alison Hills: Aesthetic Understanding 9: Jenann Ismael: Why (Study) the Humanities? The View from Science 10: Michael Lynch: Understanding and Coming to Understand 11: Bradford Skow: Against Understanding (as a Condition on Explanation) 12: J. D. Trout: Understanding and Fluency

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• Authors: Stephen R. Grimm, Stephen R. (Professor of Philosophy Grimm
• Assisted by: Stephen R Grimm (Editor), Stephen R. Grimm (Editor), Stephen R. (Professor of Philosophy Grimm (Editor), Grimm Stephen R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780190469863
• ISBN: 978-0-19-046986-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge