Khalifa, Kareem (2019) Is Verstehen Scientific Understanding? Philosophy of the social sciences, 49 (4). pp. 282-306.

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Many have argued that the human sciences feature a unique form of understanding (Verstehen) that is absent from the natural sciences. However, in the last decade or so, epistemologists and philosophers of natural science have been proffering analyses of a kind of natural-scientific understanding. Using examples from educational psychology and anthropology, I argue that there are prima facie reasons to think these recent accounts of natural-scientific understanding impose necessary conditions on Verstehen. This suggests that any claim about Verstehen’s distinctiveness faces hitherto-unappreciated burdens of proof.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Khalifa, Kareem kkhalifa@middlebury.edu
Keywords:	understanding, social science, anthropology, Verstehen
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Anthropology General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User:	Dr. Kareem Khalifa
Date Deposited:	23 Jul 2019 04:17
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2019 04:17
Item ID:	16248
Journal or Publication Title:	Philosophy of the social sciences
Official URL:	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/004839311...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1177/0048393119847104
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Anthropology General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Psychology
Date:	15 May 2019
Page Range:	pp. 282-306
Volume:	49
Number:	4
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16248

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