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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'No Understanding without Explanation' and 'A Note on the entscheidungsproblem'

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5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 7. Decidability

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Validity is provable, but invalidity isn't, because the model is infinite [Church, by McGee]

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]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]