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| 22668 | Apprehension is a complex intellect grasping the essence of a complex object |
| Full Idea: The paradigm case of apprehension is of a complex intellect confronted with a complex object, in which the intellect understands in a particular context what is 'essential' about the object. | |||
| From: Lynn Holt (Apprehension: reason in absence of Rules [2002], 3 'Expertise') | |||
| A reaction: My line is that this apprehension cashes out as an immediate ability to explain the object. This is an enhanced version of the rational understanding of things found in most larger animals. Holt says her account is Aristotelian. |