Single Idea 15707

[catalogued under 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding]

Full Idea

The modes of understanding (or modes of construal) which have been proposed are intentional, mechanical, teleological, essentialist, vitalist (perhaps), and deontological.

Gist of Idea

There is intentional, mechanical, teleological, essentialist, vitalist and deontological understanding

Source

Susan A. Gelman (The Essential Child [2003], 11 'Broadening')

Book Reference

Gelman,Susan A.: 'The Essential Child' [OUP 2005], p.312


A Reaction

She cites psychological research to support this, and calls it 'a relatively small number' of modes. Compare Aristotle's four modes of cause/explanation.