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All the ideas for 'Of Civil Liberty', 'Humean metaphysics vs metaphysics of Powers' and 'No Understanding without Explanation'

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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]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / b. Monarchy

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Modern monarchies are (like republics) rule by law, rather than by men [Hume]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow

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Causation is the power of one property to produce another, and this gives time its direction [Esfeld]