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(2005) Synthese 145 (3).
Brute facts are facts that have no explanation. If we come to know that a fact is brute, we obviously don’t get an explanation of that fact. Nevertheless, we do make some sort of epistemic gain. In this essay, I give an account of that epistemic gain, and suggest that the idea of brute facts allows us to distinguish between the notion of explanation and the notion of understanding.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-005-6200-7
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Fahrbach, L. (2005). Understanding brute facts. Synthese 145 (3), pp. 449-466.
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