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All the ideas for 'No Understanding without Explanation', 'Logic [1897]' and 'Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind'

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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]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 2. Causal Justification

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Psychological logic can't distinguish justification from causes of a belief [Frege]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique

6382	The 'grain problem' says physical objects are granular, where sensations appear not to be [Sellars, by Polger]