There are clear cases in which 'understanding' literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are all I need for this argument.
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I want to block some common misunderstandings about 'understanding': In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word 'understanding.'
The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.
You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.
Our understanding is correlative to our perception.
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on.
I think understanding is the way to gain perspective - and therefore can live among those hideous realities. You can live with them.
Understanding reduces the greatest to simplicity, and lack of its causes the least to take on the magnitude.
Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.