Scientific understanding in the Aharonov‐Bohm effect.

By appealing to resources found in the scientific understanding literature, I identify in what senses idealisations afford understanding in the context of the (magnetic) Aharonov‐Bohm effect. Three types of concepts of understanding are discussed: understanding‐what, which has to do with understandi...

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Published in:Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy Vol. 88; no. 5; pp. 943 - 972
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Oct2022
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