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Should friends and frenemies of understanding be friends? Discussing de RegtIn Insa Lawler, Kareem Khalifa & Elay Shech (eds.), Scientific Understanding and Representation: Modeling in the Physical Sciences, Routledge. 2022.In earlier work, I criticized de Regt’s contextual theory of understanding, and advertised the advantages of my own, knowledge-based account. Using the early history of the standard model in particle physics as an illustration, I instead consider the benefits of unifying these two accounts of understanding. I argue that de Regt’s account substantially improves my own account of explanatory consideration, and that my account of explanatory comparison substantially improves upon his account of exp…Read more
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Scientific Understanding and Representation: Modeling in the Physical Sciences (edited book)Routledge. 2022.
Leiden and The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Biology |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |