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Ideas of Michael Strevens, by Text

[American, fl. 2011, Professor at New York University.]

2011	No Understanding without Explanation

Intro

p.1

14365

Scientific understanding is always the grasping of a correct explanation

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p.2

14368

We may 'understand that' the cat is on the mat, but not at all 'understand why' it is there

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p.8

14369

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