Book contents
- Making Sense
- Making Sense
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 An Introduction to the Puzzles of Understanding
- 2 Understanding As Feeling and As a Concept
- 3 The Linguistic Basis of Mind
- 4 Subjective Mental States
- 5 Objective Mental States
- 6 Intersubjectivity of Mental States
- 7 Identity Conditions for Feelings and Concepts
- 8 What “Understanding” Means
- 9 The Referential Scope of Understanding
- 10 Understanding and Children’s Theory of Mind
- 11 Understanding and Sense-Making
- 12 Understanding As a Learnable Skill
- 13 Understanding in Everyday Life
- 14 Ascriptivism and Cognitive Development
- References
- Index
11 - Understanding and Sense-Making
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2022
- Making Sense
- Making Sense
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 An Introduction to the Puzzles of Understanding
- 2 Understanding As Feeling and As a Concept
- 3 The Linguistic Basis of Mind
- 4 Subjective Mental States
- 5 Objective Mental States
- 6 Intersubjectivity of Mental States
- 7 Identity Conditions for Feelings and Concepts
- 8 What “Understanding” Means
- 9 The Referential Scope of Understanding
- 10 Understanding and Children’s Theory of Mind
- 11 Understanding and Sense-Making
- 12 Understanding As a Learnable Skill
- 13 Understanding in Everyday Life
- 14 Ascriptivism and Cognitive Development
- References
- Index
Summary
Making sense is the subjective experience that allows the child or other animal the confidence to go on, to expect that the world is unfolding much as it has in the past. Such subjective states are manifest to us as observers as interest, curiosity, and a willingness to go on, to learn and even to repeat an activity and enjoy the satisfactions of achieving one’s goals. We adults know such feelings and we attribute them to the children.
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- Making SenseWhat It Means to Understand, pp. 123 - 130Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022