2015/04/01 by Paulina Sliwa · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #Philosophical Ethics and Theory #Philosophy and Theoretical Science
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1467-9264.2015.00384.x
openalex publication_date 2015/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
What is the relationship between understanding and knowing? This paper offers a defence of reductionism about understanding: the view that instances of understanding reduce to instances of knowing. I argue that knowing is both necessary and sufficient for understanding. I then outline some advantages of reductionism.