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Originally Posted by ughaibu
What do you mean by "i.e. need to create"?
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I should first give you an explanation of what I mean by the word ‘understand’.
Understanding is a step beyond knowing and is seldom required or measured by schooling. Understanding is generally of disinterested knowledge, i.e. disinterested knowledge is an intrinsic value. Disinterested knowledge is not a means but an end. It is knowledge I seek because I desire to know it. I mean the term ‘disinterested knowledge’ as similar to ‘pure research’, as compared to ‘applied research’. Pure research seeks to know truth unconnected to any specific application.
Understanding is often difficult and time consuming and the justification is not extrinsic but intrinsic.
These claims may be too general but I do not think so.
Understanding is a step beyond knowing and is seldom required or measured by schooling.
Understanding is generally of disinterested knowledge, i.e. disinterested knowledge is an intrinsic value. Disinterested knowledge is not a means but an end. It is knowledge I seek because I desire to know it. I mean the term ‘disinterested knowledge’ as similar to ‘pure research’, as compared to ‘applied research’. Pure research seeks to know truth unconnected to any specific application
I do not think understanding can be taught. Understanding is an act of creation and each of us must learn how to do it if we are every to recognize the "ecstasy of understanding".
