EMU defended: reply to Newman
European Journal for Philosophy of Science 5 (3):377-385 (2015)
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In his “EMU and Inference,” Mark Newman European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 4:55–74, 2014 provides several interesting challenges to my explanatory model of understanding :15–37, 2012). I offer three replies to Newman’s paper. First, Newman incorrectly attributes to EMU an overly restrictive view about the role of abilities in understanding. Second, his main argument against EMU rests on this incorrect attribution, and would still face difficulties even if this attribution were correct. Third, contrary to his stated ambitions, his own, inferential model of understanding does not have any distinctive advantages over EMU. These three points defend EMU against Newman’s objectionsAuthor's Profile
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10.1007/s13194-015-0112-2
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