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All the ideas for 'No Understanding without Explanation', 'De rebus naturalibus' and 'Frege on Knowing the Foundations'

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6 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation

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We come to believe mathematical propositions via their grounding in the structure [Burge]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella]

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 exceptionally obscure [Zabarella]