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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'What We Owe to Each Other' and 'No Understanding without Explanation'

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

547	The ability to teach is a mark of true knowledge [Aristotle]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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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]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 6. Knowing How

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Things are produced from skill if the form of them is in the mind [Aristotle]

546	It takes skill to know causes, not experience [Aristotle]

544	Experience knows particulars, but only skill knows universals [Aristotle]