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'Parmenides', 'The Ethics' and 'Posterior Analytics'
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge
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For Aristotle knowledge is explanatory, involving understanding, and principles or causes [Aristotle, by Witt]
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'Episteme' means grasping causes, universal judgments, explanation, and teaching [Aristotle, by Witt]
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The reason why is the key to knowledge [Aristotle]
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Spinoza's three levels of knowledge are perception/imagination, then principles, then intuitions [Spinoza, by Scruton]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
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We understand a thing when we know its explanation and its necessity [Aristotle]
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Understanding is the sole aim of reason, and the only profit for the mind [Spinoza]
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We only understand something when we know its explanation [Aristotle]
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Some understanding, of immediate items, is indemonstrable [Aristotle]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs
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No one has mere belief about something if they think it HAS to be true [Aristotle]
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / e. Belief holism
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Unlike Descartes' atomism, Spinoza held a holistic view of belief [Spinoza, by Schmid]
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