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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Stephen R. Grimm: Introduction
- 2: John Bengson: The Unity of Understanding
- 3: Remy Debes: Understanding Persons and The Problem of Power
- 4: Fiona Ellis: Religious Understanding, Naturalism, and Desire
- 5: Gordon Graham: Philosophy, Knowledge, and Understanding
- 6: Stephen R. Grimm: The Ethics of Understanding
- 7: Allan Hazlett: Understanding and Structure
- 8: Alison Hills: Aesthetic Understanding
- 9: Jenann Ismael: Why (Study) the Humanities? The View from Science
- 10: Michael Lynch: Understanding and Coming to Understand
- 11: Bradford Skow: Against Understanding (as a Condition on Explanation)
- 12: J. D. Trout: Understanding and Fluency
