What do we mean when we say we "understand"?

What has doubting I was hit in the face to do with what understanding is? .

Of course I understand what it means to be hit in the face.

It means, among other things, that I will try to avoid being hit in the face. But understanding what it means to be hit in the face is not a sensation or a feeling.

It is a disposition to behave in certain ways. No one has the feeling of understanding

Not so. I am very capable of expressing myself using language.

Because if you know, then you would avoid being hit.



That is what i am telling you. Where were you? Pay attention.





Good. for you, but where i did i ever said it was a sensation? You understanding a priori.


For the last time. I am not saying understanding is a feeling. You understand something if you understand something a priori. It is not a feel, and it is not public. It is private.

Ironically, it seens there is a large amount of "misurestanding" in the discussion between you two. I suggest you re-read it =)

Why would you say that I understand what being hit in the face is, a priori? Do you know what a priori means? It means, independently of any experience. What makes you think I understand what it is to be hit in the face independently of any experience?

Yes, I really have no idea what he is claiming is true. Obviously, I could not understand a sentence in English unless I learned English, and how would I learn English except empirically.