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

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New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press (2017)
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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.

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BD161.M27 2018

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0190469862   9780190469863

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Chapters

Aesthetic Understanding.Alison Hills
Against Understanding (as a condition on explanation).Bradford Skow
Introduction.Stephen R. Grimm
Philosophy, Knowledge, and Understanding.Gordon Graham
Religious Understanding, Naturalism, and Desire.Fiona Ellis
The Ethics of Understanding.Stephen R. Grimm
Understanding Persons and the Problem of Power.Remy Debes
Understanding and Coming to Understand.Michael Lynch
Understanding and Fluency.J. D. Trout
Understanding and Structure.Allan Hazlett
Why (Study) the Humanities?: The View from Science.Jenann Ismael
The Unity of Understanding.  (pages 14-53)John Bengson

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The Ethics of Understanding.Stephen R. Grimm - 2017 - In Stephen Robert Grimm (ed.), Making Sense of the World: New Essays on the Philosophy of Understanding. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.
Understanding and Fluency.J. D. Trout - 2017 - In Stephen Robert Grimm (ed.), Making Sense of the World: New Essays on the Philosophy of Understanding. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.
Aesthetic Understanding.Alison Hills - 2017 - In Stephen Robert Grimm (ed.), Making Sense of the World: New Essays on the Philosophy of Understanding. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.
Philosophy, Knowledge, and Understanding.Gordon Graham - 2017 - In Stephen Robert Grimm (ed.), Making Sense of the World: New Essays on the Philosophy of Understanding. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.
Religious Understanding, Naturalism, and Desire.Fiona Ellis - 2017 - In Stephen Robert Grimm (ed.), Making Sense of the World: New Essays on the Philosophy of Understanding. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.
Introduction.Stephen R. Grimm - 2017 - In Stephen Robert Grimm (ed.), Making Sense of the World: New Essays on the Philosophy of Understanding. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.
Understanding Persons and the Problem of Power.Remy Debes - 2017 - In Stephen Robert Grimm (ed.), Making Sense of the World: New Essays on the Philosophy of Understanding. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.
Why (Study) the Humanities?: The View from Science.Jenann Ismael - 2017 - In Stephen Robert Grimm (ed.), Making Sense of the World: New Essays on the Philosophy of Understanding. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.
Against Understanding (as a condition on explanation).Bradford Skow - 2017 - In Stephen Robert Grimm (ed.), Making Sense of the World: New Essays on the Philosophy of Understanding. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.
Understanding and Coming to Understand.Michael Lynch - 2017 - In Stephen Robert Grimm (ed.), Making Sense of the World: New Essays on the Philosophy of Understanding. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.

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