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==Full Title or Meme==
When an [[Entity]] can "stand among" other entities so that they all comprehend something in the same way.<ref>Walter W. Skeat, ''Understand'' An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (1882) Oxford Clarendon Press</ref>

==Context==
Context is all important in [[Understanding]]. Consider the following use cases:
#A simple thermostat has [[Understanding]] of a temperature being in the specified range, it agrees with all similar thermostats.
#A computer based thermostat has [[Understanding]] of a temperature being in the range desired by the time of day as presence (or absence) of humans in the environment.
#A building based environmental control system has [[Understanding]] of temperature, humidity and lighting throughout a building based on current usage and weather patterns.
#A weather prediction computer has [[Understanding]] of the current climatic conditions and can project them into the near future.
#A climate prediction computer has [[Understanding]] of the current climatic conditions as well as concentration of various chemicals in the atmosphere and can project them into the distant future.
#For today, only a human has [[Understanding]] of the impact of any of this on human life in the future, but that is only in agreement with a sub-set of the population.

It is short-sighted to limit [[Understanding]] to humans as several philosophers have done as shown on the page on [[Knowledge]].

==References==

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