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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Attitudes De Dicto and De Se' and 'Posterior Analytics'

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge
The reason why is the key to knowledge [Aristotle]
For Aristotle knowledge is explanatory, involving understanding, and principles or causes [Aristotle, by Witt]
'Episteme' means grasping causes, universal judgments, explanation, and teaching [Aristotle, by Witt]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
Some understanding, of immediate items, is indemonstrable [Aristotle]
We understand a thing when we know its explanation and its necessity [Aristotle]
We only understand something when we know its explanation [Aristotle]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs
A content is a property, and believing it is self-ascribing that property [Lewis, by Recanati]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs
No one has mere belief about something if they think it HAS to be true [Aristotle]