Kareem Khalifa's guest appearances

Kareem Khalifa

New Books in Science

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New Books Network

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Michael Weisberg

Eric Winsberg

Thomas Pradeu

Anjan Chakravartty

Helen Longino

Justin Garson

Lisa Bortolotti

Samir Okasha

Travis Dumsday

Matt Cook

Michael Ruse

Paul Thagard

Stephanie Ruphy

Carl Gillett

Eric Dietrich

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What is the relation between understanding and knowledge in science? Can we understand a scientific theory if it is false? Do we understand a scientific proposition we can’t elaborate or do anything with? In Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge (Cambridge University Press 2017), Kareem Khalifa argues for a revised version of a traditional view whereby understanding is a function of knowledge of an explanation. In his updated version, understanding admits of degrees, starting from minimal understanding. We improve our understanding by grasping more features in an explanatory nexus by considering plausible alternative explanations, comparing them and rejecting some, and committing to those that remain. Khalifa, who is professor of philosophy at Middlebury College, considers how his view compares with contemporary alternatives defended by Stephen Grimm, Duncan Pritchard, and others, including whether understanding requires some kind of special ability and what understanding adds in value to knowledge and explanation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/philosophy

What is the relation between understanding and knowledge in science? Can we understand a scientific theory if it is false? Do we understand a scientific proposition we can’t elaborate or do anything with? In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1316646912/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge</a> (Cambridge University Press 2017), <a href="https://www.kareemkhalifa.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kareem Khalifa</a> argues for a revised version of a traditional view whereby understanding is a function of knowledge of an explanation. In his updated version, understanding admits of degrees, starting from minimal understanding. We improve our understanding by grasping more features in an explanatory nexus by considering plausible alternative explanations, comparing them and rejecting some, and committing to those that remain. Khalifa, who is professor of philosophy at Middlebury College, considers how his view compares with contemporary alternatives defended by Stephen Grimm, Duncan Pritchard, and others, including whether understanding requires some kind of special ability and what understanding adds in value to knowledge and explanation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/philosophy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/philosophy</a>

Kareem Khalifa, "Understanding, Explanation and Scientific Knowledge" (Cambridge UP, 2017)

What is the relation between understanding and knowledge in science? Can we understand a scientific theory if it is false? Do we understand a scientific proposition we can’t elaborate or do anything with? In Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge (Cambridge University Press 2017), Kareem Khalifa argues for a revised version of a traditional view whereby understanding is a function of knowledge of an explanation. In his updated version, understanding admits of degrees, starting from minimal understanding. We improve our understanding by grasping more features in an explanatory nexus by considering plausible alternative explanations, comparing them and rejecting some, and committing to those that remain. Khalifa, who is professor of philosophy at Middlebury College, considers how his view compares with contemporary alternatives defended by Stephen Grimm, Duncan Pritchard, and others, including whether understanding requires some kind of special ability and what understanding adds in value to knowledge and explanation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science

What is the relation between understanding and knowledge in science? Can we understand a scientific theory if it is false? Do we understand a scientific proposition we can’t elaborate or do anything with? In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1316646912/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge</a> (Cambridge University Press 2017), <a href="https://www.kareemkhalifa.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kareem Khalifa</a> argues for a revised version of a traditional view whereby understanding is a function of knowledge of an explanation. In his updated version, understanding admits of degrees, starting from minimal understanding. We improve our understanding by grasping more features in an explanatory nexus by considering plausible alternative explanations, comparing them and rejecting some, and committing to those that remain. Khalifa, who is professor of philosophy at Middlebury College, considers how his view compares with contemporary alternatives defended by Stephen Grimm, Duncan Pritchard, and others, including whether understanding requires some kind of special ability and what understanding adds in value to knowledge and explanation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science</a>

On Episode 44, Nick chats with Kareem Khalifa, Professor at Middlebury College in Vermont (USA), about what it's like to teach and do philosophy of science at a liberal arts college, transitioning from applied mathematics to hermeneutics to philosophy of science, his impressive musical career as a bass guitarist, his new book, 'Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge," his current work developing a new account of explanation, and the problem of science journalism.Timestamps: 0:15 Hello and welcome / 2:30 Kareem on his summer conferences and current writing collaborations / 10:37 Key differences between teaching philosophy of science at a university and a liberal arts college / 16:45 Kareem's early life, and his foray into the philosophy of science from applied mathematics to hermeneutics / 30:42 Kareem's music-making on the bass (and his first band's names) / 35:00 Kareem's approach to philosophy of science / 38:35 Kareem's latest book 'Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge' / 51:30 Kareem's current projects on building a new account of explanation / 59:33 The problem of science journalism

On Episode 44, Nick chats with Kareem Khalifa, Professor at Middlebury College in Vermont (USA), about what it's like to teach and do philosophy of science at a liberal arts college, transitioning from applied mathematics to hermeneutics to philosophy of science, his impressive musical career as a bass guitarist, his new book, 'Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge," his current work developing a new account of explanation, and the problem of science journalism.Timestamps: 0:15 Hello and welcome / 2:30 Kareem on his summer conferences and current writing collaborations / 10:37 Key differences between teaching philosophy of science at a university and a liberal arts college / 16:45 Kareem's early life, and his foray into the philosophy of science from applied mathematics to hermeneutics / 30:42 Kareem's music-making on the bass (and his first band's names) / 35:00 Kareem's approach to philosophy of science / 38:35 Kareem's latest book 'Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge' / 51:30 Kareem's current projects on building a new account of explanation / 59:33 The problem of science journalism

Episode 44 - Kareem Khalifa