Understanding, Values, and the Aims of Science

Philosophy of Science 87 (5):921-932 (2020)
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The understanding that comes with scientific explanation is regarded as one of the central epistemic aims of science. In earlier work I have argued that scientists achieve understanding of phenomen...

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