Is There Propositional Understanding?

Gordon, Emma C.

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“…These distinct kinds of knowledge are (i) acquaintance knowledge, (ii) knowledge-how, and (iii) propositional knowledge (French, 2007). Beta-disciplines are concerned with propositional knowledge, which is considered historically as properly justified correct belief (Gordon, 2012). Schwitzgebel distinguished (i) representationalism, (ii) dispositionalism, (iii) interpretationism, (iv) functionalism, (v) eliminativism, and (vi) instrumentalism as main explanatory theories (philosophical stances) of beliefs (Schwitzgebel, 2006).…”

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The epsilon-knowledge: an emerging complement of Machlup's types of disciplinary knowledge

Horváth

2022

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Machlup used the words alpha, beta, and gamma to identify humanities, science, and social science as three distinct fields of academic learning and knowing, in addition to general knowledge. Gilles and Paquet identified a fourth type of disciplinary knowledge and labeled it as delta. This includes the knowledge of creative disciplines such as design, law, and economy. Since the time of these road-paving works, a lot has changed. In the last two decades, various concepts and manifestations of intellectualized engineered systems have appeared. A paradigmatic feature of these systems, exemplified by smart cyber-physical systems, is that they collect, infer, or extract massive amount of synthetic system knowledge (M-SSK) based on some pre-programmed human knowledge. The amount of this type of knowledge grows continuously. It can be aggregated on system level and on system of systems level. This paper argues that this aggregated M-SSK is not covered by the abovementioned four genres of knowledge. In fact, it represents a new genre. The conducted literature study underpins this claim. Therefore, the paper suggests dealing with it as a new genre, called epsilon-knowledge. Artificial intelligence, system engineering, cyber-physical systems, and knowledge engineering are the disciplines dealing with epsilon-knowledge. The paper refers to sympérasmology as the proper conceptual framework of studying this genre of knowledge.

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2022

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“…(2009, p. 321) Both Kvanvig and Elgin tend to contrast holistic understanding with a specific kind of propositional understanding, namely understanding-that. Elgin goes on to say, "If the primary unit of understanding is the proposition, then the difference between knowledge and understanding seems slight" (see also Gordon 2012).…”

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Recent Work in the Epistemology of Understanding

Hannon¹

2021

American Philosophical Quarterly

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The philosophical interest in the nature, value, and varieties of human understanding has swelled in recent years. This article will provide an overview of new research in the epistemology of understanding, with a particular focus on the following questions: What is understanding and why should we care about it? Is understanding reducible to knowledge? Does it require truth, belief, or justification? Can there be lucky understanding? Does it require 'grasping' or some kind of 'knowhow'? This cluster of questions has largely set the research agenda for the study of understanding in epistemology. This article will conclude by discussing some varieties of understanding and highlight directions for future research.Humans are naturally inquisitive creatures. As Aristotle observed, "All men by nature desire to know." But knowledge is not the only intellectual achievement at which humans aim, and it might not be the most valuable. As Albert Einstein once said, "Any fool can know; the point is to understand." 1 It is widely assumed that understanding is a valuable intellectual achievement; however, the cognitive state of understanding is itself poorly understood. What is understanding? Why is it valuable? And how do we achieve it? These questions are at the forefront of recent work in the epistemology of understanding. In this article, I will attempt to give a sense of the range and depth of this new research on the nature, value, and varieties of human understanding. I will also critically evaluate some of this work. 1 The Aristotle quote is from the opening line of his Metaphysics. The Einstein quote can be found in Christian (1990, p. 207).

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“…Понимание как предмет исследования рассматривается и в рамках континентальной философии, в частности феноменологии, и в рамках англо-американской, т.е. аналитической традиции [Левинас 2017;Марион 2017;Gordon 2012;Whitcomb 2012]. Проблема понимания актуальна и для русской философии: еще в конце XIX века В.В.…”

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The Problem of Understanding in Russian Idealism of the Late 19<sup>th</sup> and Early 20<sup>th</sup> Centuries: V.S. Solovyov and S.N. Trubetskoy

Glebov

2021

Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences

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The paper examines the doctrine of understanding in Russian idealism from the late 19th to early 20th century. The author discusses the main ontological and epistemological concepts in the philosophy of V.S. Solovyov and his follower S.N. Trubetskoy. The paper offers a historical and philosophical reconstruction of the concept of understanding based on the analysis of V.S. Solovyov's Lectures on Divine Humanity and S.N. Trubetskoy's work On the Nature of Human Consciousness. According to Solovyov, the study of understanding is possible if we presume an unconditional principle that premises being as the One. Based on this premise, it is demonstrated that the unconditional principle allows to know everything without having knowledge of each subject separately, and this, in turn, is understanding process. Trubetskoy's theory of understanding is premised on the concept of soborny (gathered) mind, which defines mind as joint knowledge about all spheres of existence. The article shows that the main position shared by the Russian thinkers is the unconditional principle serving as the basis for life and mind without which the existence of either the universal or the particular is impossible. The author concludes that such a principle is a cognitive relation to the world, which unconditionality is the condition for understanding the reality as indivisible. Understanding, as presented by V.S. Solovyov and S.N. Trubetskoy, is the true understanding of the unity of existence in all its manifestations, that is, a synthesis of the sensual, rational, moral, and aesthetic.

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Is There Propositional Understanding?

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The epsilon-knowledge: an emerging complement of Machlup's types of disciplinary knowledge

The epsilon-knowledge: an emerging complement of Machlup's types of disciplinary knowledge

Recent Work in the Epistemology of Understanding

The Problem of Understanding in Russian Idealism of the Late 19<sup>th</sup> and Early 20<sup>th</sup> Centuries: V.S. Solovyov and S.N. Trubetskoy

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