id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_fctkkip3vzdipkryeluet4putm Philippe Verreault-Julien Understanding does not depend on (causal) explanation 2019 20 .pdf application/pdf 10241 830 55 Keywords Understanding · Explanation · Models · Non-causal · How-possibly states that knowing a causal explanation is a necessary condition for understanding. implication of narrow KAU is that theoretical modelling often does not afford understanding because it does not provide explanations. that knowing an explanation is sufficient for understanding.6 Indeed, the 'grasping' condition may require a state or ability on top of knowledge. If this is correct, then it indeed makes little sense to spell out the epistemic contribution of theoretical models in terms of understanding since explanation is that grasping a correct explanation "requires grasping that the propositions expressing a relevant model's explanatory content are true, or in other words, understanding All these accounts suggest the checkerboard model, interpreted as providing a HPE, can afford understanding of real-world specific cases of theoretical modelling lead to the conclusion that HPEs can provide understanding. ./cache/work_fctkkip3vzdipkryeluet4putm.pdf ./txt/work_fctkkip3vzdipkryeluet4putm.txt