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Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge by Kareem Khalifa is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge about?
From antiquity to the end of the twentieth century, philosophical discussions of understanding remained undeveloped, guided by a 'received view' that takes understanding to be nothing more than knowledge of an explanation. More recently, however, this received view has been criticized, and bold new philosophical proposals about understanding have emerged in its place. In this book, Kareem Khalifa argues that the received view should be revised but not abandoned. In doing so, he clarifies and ans
Who reads Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kareem Khalifa
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781107195639
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Science, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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