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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Oxford University Press
2020
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125753 |