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THE PROBLEM OF EPISTEMIC VALUE: FROM KNOWLEDGE TO UNDERSTANDING
THE PROBLEM OF EPISTEMIC VALUE: FROM KNOWLEDGE TO UNDERSTANDING

Author(s): Waldomiro Silva Filho, Felipe Rocha, Maria Virgínia Dazzani
Subject(s): Education, Epistemology, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: knowledge; epistemic value problem; understanding

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we will present, on the one hand, those formulations that have motivated research on epistemic value, and the other, discuss the fact that the recent discussions about the value of knowledge has begun to explore the possibility that there is not knowledge that has a special epistemic value, but another epistemic state, namely the understanding.

  • Issue Year: 1/2013
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 127-146
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English
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