Scientific understanding: philosophical perspectives / ed. by H.W. de Regt, S.Leonelli, K.Eigner. - Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009. - ix, 352 p.: ill. - Incl. bibl. ref. - Ind.: p.339-352. - ISBN-10 0-8229-4378-6; ISBN-13 978-0-8229-4378-5  Место хранения:   035 | Объединенный институт истории, филологии и философии СО РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / 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 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 MIEKE BOON 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