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'Changes in Events and Changes in Things', 'Posterior Analytics' and 'Principles of Philosophy'
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge
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For Aristotle knowledge is explanatory, involving understanding, and principles or causes [Aristotle, by Witt]
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'Episteme' means grasping causes, universal judgments, explanation, and teaching [Aristotle, by Witt]
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The reason why is the key to knowledge [Aristotle]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
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We understand a thing when we know its explanation and its necessity [Aristotle]
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We only understand something when we know its explanation [Aristotle]
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Some understanding, of immediate items, is indemonstrable [Aristotle]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs
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No one has mere belief about something if they think it HAS to be true [Aristotle]
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty
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Knowledge proceeds from principles, so it is hard to know if we know [Aristotle]
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito
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Total doubt can't include your existence while doubting [Descartes]
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I think, therefore I am, because for a thinking thing to not exist is a contradiction [Descartes]
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'Thought' is all our conscious awareness, including feeling as well as understanding [Descartes]
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