Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.26362/20200102
Does understanding solve problems?
Andrei Ionuţ Mărăşoiu
; ICUB, University of Bucharest, Strada Doctor Dimitrie Brândză 1, 060102 Bucharest, Romania
Abstract
It is intuitive to think that understanding, at least in exemplary cases, solves problems. This has motivated a general view concerning the nature of understanding and its relation to problem-solving. In this text, I examine four reasons offered in favor of thinking that understanding solves problems. I argue that the reasons given are not conclusive. It is telling that all these reasons can be questioned because they explore different facets of understanding, phenomenal and epistemic alike, suggesting that no aspect essential to understanding necessarily involves problem-solving. I conclude by exploring the larger significance this fact might have for the nature of understanding.
Keywords
Understanding, problem-solving, insights, puzzlement, creativity, expertise
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239125
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Publication date:
15.6.2020.
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