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'No Understanding without Explanation', 'Against Structural Universals' and 'LOT 2'
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
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Scientific understanding is always the grasping of a correct explanation [Strevens]
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We may 'understand that' the cat is on the mat, but not at all 'understand why' it is there [Strevens]
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Understanding is a precondition, comes in degrees, is active, and holistic - unlike explanation [Strevens]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / d. Cause of beliefs
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Some beliefs are only inferred when needed, like 'Shakespeare had not telephone' [Fodor]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 6. Knowing How
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Knowing that must come before knowing how [Fodor]
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