FROM KNOWLEDGE TO UNDERSTANDING
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Shevchenko
Institute of Philosophy and Law, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: cognitive subject, objectivity, truth, kinds of knowledge, post-truth, Gettier problem
Abstract
The article considers two main epistemic attitudes - knowledge and understanding, variants of their correlation and dynamics of the respective ideas in contemporary epistemology and philosophy of science. It is shown that the shift of interest towards understanding has largely occurred due to dissatisfaction with the classical three-part definition of knowledge and the need to respond to Gettier-type situations. The gap between knowledge and understanding, i.e. the so-called possibility of “knowledge without understanding”, is considered separately. The distinctive characteristics and features of understanding in cognitive activity are specified. The dangers and possible social consequences of the gap between knowledge and understanding are explicated,
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