Understanding as representation manipulability

Synthese

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 997-1016

  Wilkenfeld, Daniel A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explanation; Philosophy of cognitive science; Philosophy of science; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874946866     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-011-0055-x     Document Type: Article

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