8 ideas
| 14365 | Scientific understanding is always the grasping of a correct explanation [Strevens] |
| 14368 | We may 'understand that' the cat is on the mat, but not at all 'understand why' it is there [Strevens] |
| 14369 | Understanding is a precondition, comes in degrees, is active, and holistic - unlike explanation [Strevens] |
| 18239 | What is contemplated must have a higher value than contemplation [Kant, by Korsgaard] |
| 18238 | Only a good will can give man's being, and hence the world, a final purpose [Kant] |
| 22053 | The Critique of Judgement aims for a principle that unities humanity and nature [Kant, by Bowie] |
| 18237 | Without men creation would be in vain, and without final purpose [Kant] |
| 14349 | If there are no finks or antidotes at the fundamental level, the laws can't be ceteris paribus [Burge, by Corry] |