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Meet the #SOCRATESgroup fellows!👋 Alice Wheatley is an epistemologist studying the nature and value of #scientificunderstanding. At SOCRATES, she investigates whether this is the aim of #sciencecommunication: t1p.de/xx9cy #Philsci #Philsky #epistemology #trustinscience

History isn't just stories; it's a process we can understand scientifically. This leads to wiser choices, a mature outlook, and a deeper grasp of life's flow and time's nature. #historyasprocess #scientificunderstanding #lifeflownature

I have a piece on mystery and doubt in scientific understanding in the latest edition of Marginalia. (tinyurl.com/92cddctn)
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Understanding in mathematics: The case of mathematical proofs Although understanding is the object of a growing literature in epistemology and the philosophy of science, only few studies have concerned understanding in mathematics. This essay offers an account ...

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"What does it take for an agent to understand a mathematical proof? The proposal to be developed in this work is that understanding a proof requires the agent to rationally reconstruct the plan of the proof."
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