Single Idea 12370

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

Full Idea

Not all understanding is demonstrative: rather, in the case of immediate items understanding is indemonstrable.

Gist of Idea

Some understanding, of immediate items, is indemonstrable

Source

Aristotle (Posterior Analytics [c.327 BCE], 72b19)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Posterior Analytics (2nd ed)', ed/tr. Barnes,Jonathan [OUP 1993], p.5


A Reaction

These are the foundations of Aristotle's epistemology, and I take it that they can be both empiricist and rationalist - sense experiences, and a priori intuitions.