Stephen R Grimm
Biographic Data
| ID | 449150 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen R Grimm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen R |
| FAMILY NAME | Grimm |
| SIGNATURE | GRIMM S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fordham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3311-1834 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 139 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Levels of understanding, world models, and artificial intelligence
What is philosophy as a way of life? Why philosophy as a way of life
Despite a recent surge of interest in philosophy as a way of life, it is not clear what it might mean for philosophy to guide one's life, or how a “philosophical” way of life might differ from a life guided by religion, tradition, or some other source. We argue against John Cooper that spiritual exercises figure crucially in the idea of philosophy as a way of life—not just in the ancient world but also today, at least if the idea is to be viable.…
Transmitting Understanding and Know-How
Among contemporary epistemologists and scholars of ancient philosophy, one often hears that transmitting propositional knowledge by testimony is easy, while transmitting understanding or know-how is either hard or impossible. I argue, by contrast, that whether the transmission of these epistemic goods is easy or hard is a highly contingent question, depending on whether the right uptake conditions are possessed by the recipient of the testimony.
Varieties of Understanding
Does Adversity Make Us Wiser Than Before? Addressing a Foundational Question Through Interdisciplinary Engagement
A Process Model of Wisdom from Adversity
Wisdom in Theology
Several of the great religious faiths have an ambiguous attitude towards wisdom. While sometimes it is said to be ‘more precious than rubies’, in other passages the desire for wisdom seems almost like a betrayal of God. More exactly, it is often cast as a pagan, perhaps peculiarly Greek, aspiration that somehow blinds people to what is really important—either acting with steadfast love and justice (Jeremiah) or proclaiming Christ crucified (St Pa…
The Value of Understanding
Over the last several years a number of leading philosophers - including Catherine Elgin, Linda Zagzebski, Jonathan Kvanvig, and Duncan Pritchard - have grown increasingly dissatisfied with the contemporary focus on knowledge in epistemology and have attempted to "recover" the notion of understanding. According to some of these philosophers, in fact, understanding deserves not just to be recovered, but to supplant knowledge as the focus of episte…
The goal of explanation
Epistemic Goals and Epistemic Values
The truth exerts a powerful attraction. Reading the newspaper over breakfast a few months ago, I came across the following quote from Ricky Williams, a running back for the Miami Dolphins who was in the process of walking away from his million-dollar salary to pursue a career in holistic medicine. “I’m going to search for the truth,” Williams said. “Everything I’m doing in my life is about finding the truth.” And Socrates, more notably, could thi…
Explanatory Inquiry and the Need for Explanation
Explanatory inquiry characteristically begins with a certain puzzlement about the world. But why do certain situations elicit our puzzlement (or curiosity) while others leave us, in some epistemically relevant sense, cold? Moreover, what exactly is involved in the move from a state of puzzlement to a state where one's puzzlement is satisfied? In this paper I try to answer both of these questions. I also suggest ways in which our account of scient…
Is Understanding A Species Of Knowledge
Among philosophers of science there seems to be a general consensus that understanding represents a species of knowledge, but virtually every major epistemologist who has thought seriously about understanding has come to deny this claim. Against this prevailing tide in epistemology, I argue that understanding is, in fact, a species of knowledge: just like knowledge, for example, understanding is not transparent and can be Gettiered. I then consid…
Kant’s Argument for Radical Evil
A Catholic Modernity
Is Understanding A Species Of Knowledge
Among philosophers of science there seems to be a general consensus that understanding represents a species of knowledge, but virtually every major epistemologist who has thought seriously about understanding has come to deny this claim. Against this prevailing tide in epistemology, I argue that understanding is, in fact, a species of knowledge: just like knowledge, for example, understanding is not transparent and can be Gettiered. I then consid…
The goal of explanation
The Value of Understanding
Over the last several years a number of leading philosophers - including Catherine Elgin, Linda Zagzebski, Jonathan Kvanvig, and Duncan Pritchard - have grown increasingly dissatisfied with the contemporary focus on knowledge in epistemology and have attempted to "recover" the notion of understanding. According to some of these philosophers, in fact, understanding deserves not just to be recovered, but to supplant knowledge as the focus of episte…
Epistemic Goals and Epistemic Values
The truth exerts a powerful attraction. Reading the newspaper over breakfast a few months ago, I came across the following quote from Ricky Williams, a running back for the Miami Dolphins who was in the process of walking away from his million-dollar salary to pursue a career in holistic medicine. “I’m going to search for the truth,” Williams said. “Everything I’m doing in my life is about finding the truth.” And Socrates, more notably, could thi…
Explanatory Inquiry and the Need for Explanation
Explanatory inquiry characteristically begins with a certain puzzlement about the world. But why do certain situations elicit our puzzlement (or curiosity) while others leave us, in some epistemically relevant sense, cold? Moreover, what exactly is involved in the move from a state of puzzlement to a state where one's puzzlement is satisfied? In this paper I try to answer both of these questions. I also suggest ways in which our account of scient…
A Catholic Modernity
Kant’s Argument for Radical Evil
A Catholic Modernity
Kant’s Argument for Radical Evil
Is Understanding A Species Of Knowledge
Among philosophers of science there seems to be a general consensus that understanding represents a species of knowledge, but virtually every major epistemologist who has thought seriously about understanding has come to deny this claim. Against this prevailing tide in epistemology, I argue that understanding is, in fact, a species of knowledge: just like knowledge, for example, understanding is not transparent and can be Gettiered. I then consid…
Epistemic Goals and Epistemic Values
The truth exerts a powerful attraction. Reading the newspaper over breakfast a few months ago, I came across the following quote from Ricky Williams, a running back for the Miami Dolphins who was in the process of walking away from his million-dollar salary to pursue a career in holistic medicine. “I’m going to search for the truth,” Williams said. “Everything I’m doing in my life is about finding the truth.” And Socrates, more notably, could thi…
Explanatory Inquiry and the Need for Explanation
Explanatory inquiry characteristically begins with a certain puzzlement about the world. But why do certain situations elicit our puzzlement (or curiosity) while others leave us, in some epistemically relevant sense, cold? Moreover, what exactly is involved in the move from a state of puzzlement to a state where one's puzzlement is satisfied? In this paper I try to answer both of these questions. I also suggest ways in which our account of scient…
The goal of explanation
The Value of Understanding
Over the last several years a number of leading philosophers - including Catherine Elgin, Linda Zagzebski, Jonathan Kvanvig, and Duncan Pritchard - have grown increasingly dissatisfied with the contemporary focus on knowledge in epistemology and have attempted to "recover" the notion of understanding. According to some of these philosophers, in fact, understanding deserves not just to be recovered, but to supplant knowledge as the focus of episte…
Wisdom in Theology
Several of the great religious faiths have an ambiguous attitude towards wisdom. While sometimes it is said to be ‘more precious than rubies’, in other passages the desire for wisdom seems almost like a betrayal of God. More exactly, it is often cast as a pagan, perhaps peculiarly Greek, aspiration that somehow blinds people to what is really important—either acting with steadfast love and justice (Jeremiah) or proclaiming Christ crucified (St Pa…
Transmitting Understanding and Know-How
Among contemporary epistemologists and scholars of ancient philosophy, one often hears that transmitting propositional knowledge by testimony is easy, while transmitting understanding or know-how is either hard or impossible. I argue, by contrast, that whether the transmission of these epistemic goods is easy or hard is a highly contingent question, depending on whether the right uptake conditions are possessed by the recipient of the testimony.
Varieties of Understanding
Does Adversity Make Us Wiser Than Before? Addressing a Foundational Question Through Interdisciplinary Engagement
A Process Model of Wisdom from Adversity
What is philosophy as a way of life? Why philosophy as a way of life
Despite a recent surge of interest in philosophy as a way of life, it is not clear what it might mean for philosophy to guide one's life, or how a “philosophical” way of life might differ from a life guided by religion, tradition, or some other source. We argue against John Cooper that spiritual exercises figure crucially in the idea of philosophy as a way of life—not just in the ancient world but also today, at least if the idea is to be viable.…
Levels of understanding, world models, and artificial intelligence
Epistemology (11 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works)