Against understanding (as a condition on explanation)

The idea that “explanation is that which produces understanding” is commonly accepted and often used to evaluate theories of explanation. But it cannot be used for this purpose. For the claim either means that knowing the answer to the question why X is sufficient for understand why X-in which case...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skow, Bradford
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125753