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Full Idea
Is it possible for an individual to possess objectual understanding without knowing they possess the objectual understanding?
Gist of Idea
Can you possess objective understanding without realising it?
Source
Anand Vaidya (Understanding and Essence [2010], 'Objections')
Book Ref
-: 'Philosophia' [-], p.828
A Reaction
Hm. A nice new question to loose sleep over. We can't demand a regress of meta-understandings, so at some point you just understand. Birds understand nests. Equivalent: can you understand P, but can't explain P? Skilled, but inarticulate.
Related Idea
Idea 19261 Understanding is seeing coherent relationships in the relevant information [Kvanvig]