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Is there any good text of philosophy that describes or investigates how understanding or knowledge happens? Something on the lines of heuristics. I have read a book called How to Solve it by G. Polya its about heuristics of problem-solving. But that's too limited to mathematics. So I was wondering if any philosopher has done work on this topic?

rohit
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  • You might find this answer interesting: 'According to the major theories of concepts, where do meanings come from?' https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/77261/according-to-the-major-theories-of-concepts-where-do-meanings-come-from/77284#77284 – CriglCragl Jan 07 '22 at 13:17
  • Heuristics are field specific, so if you want some applicable methodology like Polya's it will necessarily be limited to its field. Philosophy of understanding texts, for example, is called hermeneutics, and a number of approaches and strategies have been developed for the task. – Conifold Jan 08 '22 at 00:17
  • Thanks. What about learning ? Is there some work in this field too? – rohit Jan 08 '22 at 09:27

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