Monday, November 22, 2010

Prompt#54: Understanding and Knowledge

Understanding and knowledge are common but different in many ways. Understanding is when a person gains some sort of grasp on an issue. And knowledge is something you gain throughout your whole life from different experiences you encounter. Understanding and knowledge are similar because they both have to do with learning new things in one way or another. They are similar because they intertwine with each other because you need to first understand something to gain knowledge about it. They are similar because they both you gain both over a time period. You understand something over a time period because you must practice it to get better and understand it more. You gain knowledge over time because you learn new things everyday of your life.

Understanding is different from knowledge because you must first learn it to gain a grasp to understand it. And sometimes even though you may understand something you still may not fully get it. And when you are trying to understand something then you generally don’t have an idea of how it works. Knowledge is different from understanding because when you have knowledge of something it means that you already have an understanding of how it works.

For example, you have the knowledge of how to walk and run when your certain age. But you try to understand how to walk and run when you’re a baby. Overall I think the opinion of what knowledge and understanding falls on the individual themselves. Because not everyone will think the same on this issue.

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