Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Eucleides, Jonathan Kvanvig and Stephen R. Grimm
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge
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Epistemology does not just concern knowledge; all aspects of cognitive activity are involved [Kvanvig]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
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Understanding is seeing coherent relationships in the relevant information [Kvanvig]
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'Grasping' a structure seems to be modal, because we must anticipate its behaviour [Grimm]
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Unlike knowledge, you can achieve understanding through luck [Grimm]
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You may have 'weak' understanding, if by luck you can answer a set of 'why questions' [Grimm]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 5. Aiming at Truth
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Making sense of things, or finding a good theory, are non-truth-related cognitive successes [Kvanvig]
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