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'In Defense of Essentialism', 'Posterior Analytics' and 'Knowledge and its Limits'
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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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Belief aims at knowledge (rather than truth), and mere believing is a kind of botched knowing [Williamson]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First
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Don't analyse knowledge; use knowledge to analyse other concepts in epistemology [Williamson, by DeRose]
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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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