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Making sense of the world : new essays on the philosophy of understanding / Stephen R. Grimm.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comprehension (Theory of knowledge).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Other Title:
- New essays on the philosophy of understanding
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction / Stephen R. Grimm
- 2. The Unity of Understanding / John Bengson
- 3. Understanding Persons and the Problem of Power / Remy Debes
- 4. Religious Understanding, Naturalism, and Desire / Fiona Ellis
- 5. Philosophy, Knowledge, and Understanding / Gordon Graham
- 6. The Ethics of Understanding / Stephen R. Grimm
- 7. Understanding and Structure / Allan Hazlett
- 8. Aesthetic Understanding / Alison Hills
- 9. Why (Study) the Humanities?: The View from Science / Jenann Ismael
- 10. Understanding and Coming to Understand / Michael Lynch
- 11. Against Understanding (as a Condition on Explanation) / Bradford Skow
- 12. Understanding and Fluency / J. D. Trout.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 16, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-069925-6
- 0-19-046988-9
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