Understanding without Justification and Belief?

Dellsén (2016a) argues that understanding requires neither justification nor belief. I object that ridding understanding of justification and belief comes with the following costs. (i) No claim about the world can be inferred from what we understand. (ii) We run into either Moore’s paradox or certa...

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Main Author: Seungbae Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2018-05-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/48672
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description Dellsén (2016a) argues that understanding requires neither justification nor belief. I object that ridding understanding of justification and belief comes with the following costs. (i) No claim about the world can be inferred from what we understand. (ii) We run into either Moore’s paradox or certain disconcerting questions. (iii) Understanding does not represent the world. (iv) Understanding cannot take the central place in epistemology. (v) Understanding cannot be invoked to give an account of scientific progress. (vi) It is not clear how misunderstanding arises.
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spelling doaj-art-9242f9d543b74e17bd664f439b7774bd2025-08-20T02:09:59ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaPrincipia: An International Journal of Epistemology1808-17112018-05-0121310.5007/1808-1711.2017v21n3p37928490Understanding without Justification and Belief?Seungbae Park0Division of General Studies Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology Republic of Korea Dellsén (2016a) argues that understanding requires neither justification nor belief. I object that ridding understanding of justification and belief comes with the following costs. (i) No claim about the world can be inferred from what we understand. (ii) We run into either Moore’s paradox or certain disconcerting questions. (iii) Understanding does not represent the world. (iv) Understanding cannot take the central place in epistemology. (v) Understanding cannot be invoked to give an account of scientific progress. (vi) It is not clear how misunderstanding arises. https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/48672
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