Dumitru, Mircea <br/><br/>
Understanding and Conscious Experience  Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives 

 -  Taylor & Francis  Routledge [Imprint]  2024 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science .
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<br/><br/> This volume explores how understanding relates to conscious experience. In doing so, it builds bridges between different philosophical disciplines and provides a metaphysically robust characterization of understanding, both in and beyond science. The past two decades have witnessed growing interest from epistemologists, philosophers of science, philosophers of mind and ethicists in the nature and value of intellectual understanding. This volume features original essays on understanding and the phenomenal experiences that underlie it. The chapters are divided into three thematic sections. Part 1 provides theoretical characterizations of understanding, including Henk de Regt's defense of a contextual theory of scientific understanding and a debate on whether scientific inference and explanatory power are necessary or central features of understanding. Part 2 explores how conscious experience and understanding are related. The chapters articulate a phenomenal theory of understanding and address themes that are connected to understanding, including awareness, transformative experiences and exemplification. Finally, Part 3 is devoted to domain-specific inquiries about understanding, such as logical proofs, particle physics and moral understanding. Understanding and Conscious Experience will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in the philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics and phenomenology. 
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<br/><br/><br/>eng 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781003437239 9781032568072 9781032568089 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9781003437239  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics and Science<br/>Philosophy and Religion<br/>Philosophy of science<br/>Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge<br/>Philosophy<br/>Science: general issues<br/>Topics in philosophy
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Aha experiences cognitive enhancement epistemology of ignorance epistemology of modeling exemplification insights logical proofs and inferences moral understanding phenomenal experience pictorial representation scientific explanation scientific understanding structuralism tacit understanding transformative experiences value of understanding