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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen R Grimm |
ISBN: | 9780190860974 0190860979 |
OCLC Number: | 1109868965 |
Description: | vi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | I. Philosophy of understanding. Perspectives and frames in pursuit of ultimate understanding ; The epistemologies of the humanities and the sciences ; On literary understanding ; Recasting the "scientism" debate ; Firsthand knowledge and understanding ; Toward a theory of understanding -- II. Psychology of understanding. Technology as teacher: how children learn from social robots ; Understanding others to learn and help others learn: inferences, evaluation, and communication in early childhood ; How do partial understandings work? ; Mechanistic versus functional understanding ; Are humans intuitive philosophers? -- III. Theology of understanding. Religious understanding and cultured practices. |
Responsibility: | edited by Stephen R. Grimm. |
Abstract:
In this volume some of the leading philosophers, psychologists, and theologians in the world shed light on the various ways in which we understand the world, pushing debates on this issue to new levels of sophistication and insight.
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