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SUMMARY:Armond Duwell -  Scientific Understanding: Possibilities for Purposes
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DESCRIPTION:The Center for Philosophy of Science invites you to our Featured Former Fellow Lecture presented by:&nbsp\; &nbsp\;\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;Armond Duwell</strong></a></p>\n<p>February 20 @ 12:00 pm&nbsp\;-&nbsp\;1:30 pm&nbsp\;EST</p>\n<p><strong><br></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Title:</strong>&nbsp\;<strong>Scientific Understanding: Possibilities for Purposes</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:</strong>&nbsp\;In this talk I will discuss joint work with Soazig Le Bihan on a novel theory of scientific understanding. &nbsp\; Extant theories of scientific understanding fail to be suitably comprehensive. Either they fail to countenance relevant kinds of scientific understanding\, e.g.~non-explanatory understanding or practical understanding\, or they fail to accommodate relevant targets of understanding\, e.g.~scientific theories or how to generate data about a phenomenon. &nbsp\;Our &ldquo\;possibilities for purpose&rdquo\; (P4P) view surmounts these problems by providing a unifying analysis of different kinds of understanding. &nbsp\;Our view is that scientific understanding is fundamentally pragmatic. Scientific practice consists in scientific activities that are pursued for various purposes. &nbsp\; The very same purpose can be achieved in a variety of ways. &nbsp\;Taking the actions required to achieve our purposes is constitutive of practical understanding. &nbsp\;Comparing the various possibly ways of achieving our purposes to themselves or other things can afford inferences about the target of understanding\, which\, when made\, constitute understanding of the target. &nbsp\;The variety of possible means for achieving our purposes often support incompatible inferences about a target of understanding\, hence our P4P view of understanding.</p>\n\n<p>This talk will also be available live streamed on YouTube at&nbsp\;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom Link:&nbsp\;</strong>&nbsp\;https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95989267952</a></p>\n
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