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All the ideas for 'Subjectivist's Guide to Objective Chance', 'No Understanding without Explanation' and 'Primary Truths'

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

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Understanding is a precondition, comes in degrees, is active, and holistic - unlike explanation [Strevens]

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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]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities

9155	An a priori proof is independent of experience [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory

9425	Lewis later proposed the axioms at the intersection of the best theories (which may be few) [Mumford on Lewis]