Kareem KhalifaCambridge University Press, 8/31/2017EAN 9781107195639, ISBN10: 1107195632Hardcover, 232 pages, 23.5 x 15.7 x 1.8 cmLanguage: EnglishFrom antiquity to the end of the twentieth century, philosophical discussions of understanding remained undeveloped, guided by a 'received view' that takes understanding to be nothing more than knowledge of an explanation. More recently, however, this received view has been criticized, and bold new philosophical proposals about understanding have emerged in its place. In this book, Kareem Khalifa argues that the received view should be revised but not abandoned. In doing so, he clarifies and answers the most central questions in this burgeoning field of philosophical research: what kinds of cognitive abilities are involved in understanding? What is the relationship between the understanding that explanations provide and the understanding that experts have of broader subject matters? Can there be understanding without explanation? How can one understand something on the basis of falsehoods? Is understanding a species of knowledge? What is the value of understanding?1. The philosophy of understanding2. An illustrationBjorken scaling3. Understanding and ability4. Objectual understanding5. Understanding without explanation?6. Understanding and true belief7. Lucky understanding8. The value of understanding.
