Scientific Understanding: Philosophical Perspectives

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chapter title verso 7 Contents Preface ix 1. Focusing on Scientific Understanding Henk W. de Regt, Sabina LeoneLLi, and kai eigneR 1 Part I. Understanding, Explanation, and Intelligibility 2. Understanding and Scientific Explanation Henk W. de Regt 21 3. Understanding without Explanation peteR Lipton 43 4. Ontological Principles and the Intelligibility of Epistemic Activities HaSok CHang 64 5. Reliability and the Sense of Understanding StepHen R. gRimm 83 6. The Illusion of Depth of Understanding in Science petRi YLikoSki 100 Part II. Understanding and Models 7. Understanding in Physics and Biology: From the Abstract to the Concrete maRgaRet moRRiSon 123 8. Understanding by Modeling: An Objectual Approach taRja knuuttiLa and maRtina meRz 146 9. The Great Deluge: Simulation Modeling and Scientific Understanding joHanneS LenHaRd 169 Part III. Understanding in Scientific Practices 10. Understanding in Biology: The Impure Nature of Biological Knowledge Sabina LeoneLLi 189 de Regt FM•.indd 7 9/8/09 11:33:22 AM contents 11. Understanding in Economics: Gray-Box Models maRCeL boumanS 210 12. Understanding in Physics: Bottom-Up versus Top-Down denniS diekS 230 13. Understanding in the Engineering Sciences: Interpretive Structures mieke boon 249 14. Understanding in Psychology: Is Understanding a Surplus? kai eigneR 271 15. Understanding in Political Science: The Plurality of Epistemic Interests jeRoen Van bouWeL 298 16. Understanding in Historical Science: Intelligibility and Judgment edWin koSteR 314 Contributors 335 Index 339 viii de Regt FM•.indd 8 9/8/09 11:33:22 AM ...