Taylor, Samuel D. (2023) Afactivism about understanding cognition. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 13 (3). Article Number 43. ISSN 1879-4920. (doi:10.1007/s13194-023-00544-7) (KAR id:102716)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-023-00544-7 |
Abstract
Here, I take alethic views of understanding to be all views that hold that whether an explanation is true or false matters for whether that explanation provides understanding. I then argue that there is (as yet) no naturalistic defence of alethic views of understanding in cognitive science, because there is no agreement about the correct descriptions of the content of cognitive scientific explanations. I use this claim to argue for the provisional acceptance of afactivism in cognitive science, which is the view that the truth or falsity of an explanation of cognition is irrelevant to whether that explanation provides understanding. I conclude by discussing the relation between understanding in cognitive science and understanding in other domains.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1007/s13194-023-00544-7 |
Additional information: | For the purpose of open access, the author(s) has applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising. |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Afactivism, Alethic, Cognitive science, Understanding, (Non-)Factivism |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > Department of Philosophy |
Funders: | Leverhulme Trust (https://ror.org/012mzw131) |
SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
Date Deposited: | 04 Oct 2023 13:41 UTC |
Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2024 07:49 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/102716 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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