Explaining Understanding : New Perspectives from Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (Paperback)

List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsGuide to the Essays　　　1 What is Understanding? An Overview of Recent Debates in Epistemology and Philosophy of ScienceChristoph Baumberger, Claus Beisbart and Georg Brun　Part IUnderstanding and the Facts2 How Idealization Provide UnderstandingMichael Strevens3 How False Theories can Yield Genuine UnderstandingHenk W. de Regt and Victor Gijsbers4 Exemplification in UnderstandingCatherine Z. Elgin5 Explaining Understanding, Understanding KnowledgeSabine Ammon6 Enlightening Falsehoods: A Model View of Scientific UnderstandingSoazig Le Bihan　Part IIUnderstanding and its Norms7 Must Understanding be Coherent?Kareem Khalifa8 Dimensions of Objectual UnderstandingChristoph Baumberger and Georg Brun9 An Evidentialist Account of Explanatory UnderstandingMark Newman10 Understanding and TransparencyStephen R. Grimm11 Satisfying UnderstandingJohn Greco　Part III Understanding and the Epistemic Agent12 Towards a Knowledge-Based Account of UnderstandingChristoph Kelp13 Cognitive Bias, Scepticism and UnderstandingJ. Adam Carter and Duncan Pritchard14 Social Epistemology and the Acquisition of UnderstandingEmma C. Gordon15 Understanding without BelievingDaniel A. Wilkenfeld　Index