Is understanding explanatory or objectual?
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Is Understanding Explanatory or Objectual? [Forthcoming in Synthese. Please cite final draft.] Kareem Khalifa Department of Philosophy Middlebury College Middlebury, VT 05753 Abstract: Jonathan Kvanvig has argued that "objectual" understanding, i.e. the understanding we have of a large body of information, cannot be reduced to explanatory concepts. In this paper, I show that Kvanvig fails to establish this point, and then propose a framework for reducing objectual understanding to explanatory understanding.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Synthese
دوره 190 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013