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Full Idea
I defend what I call the 'simple view', that scientific understanding is that state produced, and only produced, by grasping a correct explanation.
Gist of Idea
Scientific understanding is always the grasping of a correct explanation
Source
Michael Strevens (No Understanding without Explanation [2011], Intro)
A Reaction
I like this because it clearly states what I take to be the view of Aristotle, and the key to understanding the whole of that philosopher's system. I take the view to be correct.
14365 | Scientific understanding is always the grasping of a correct explanation [Strevens] |
14368 | We may 'understand that' the cat is on the mat, but not at all 'understand why' it is there [Strevens] |
14369 | Understanding is a precondition, comes in degrees, is active, and holistic - unlike explanation [Strevens] |