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Full Idea
For us explanation and understanding are the same, understanding being the correlate of explanation.
Gist of Idea
Explanation and understanding are the same
Source
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Lectures 1930-32 (student notes) [1931], B XI.2)
Book Ref
Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Lectures in Cambridge 1930-32', ed/tr. Lee,Desmond [Blackwell 1980], p.51
A Reaction
I'm not convinced that they are 'the same', but they are almost interdependent ideas. Strevens has a nice paper on this.
Related Idea
Idea 14365 Scientific understanding is always the grasping of a correct explanation [Strevens]