Adham El Shazly
Biographic Data
| ID | 5910877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adham El Shazly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adham |
| FAMILY NAME | El Shazly |
| SIGNATURE | EL SHAZLY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Inquiring to understand
We often inquire not just to know, but to understand. In this paper, I give an account of inquiries that aim to illuminate or makes sense of their object and argue they don’t reduce to inquiries which concern forming beliefs or acquiring knowledge. My core claim is that inquiry aimed at understanding is a constructive and generative process, unlike inquiry aiming at knowledge acquisition, which culminates in the representation of pre-existing fac…
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Inquiring to understand
We often inquire not just to know, but to understand. In this paper, I give an account of inquiries that aim to illuminate or makes sense of their object and argue they don’t reduce to inquiries which concern forming beliefs or acquiring knowledge. My core claim is that inquiry aimed at understanding is a constructive and generative process, unlike inquiry aiming at knowledge acquisition, which culminates in the representation of pre-existing fac…