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

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