Reference Term

Understanding

The ability to see how knowledge fits together and why it matters.

Definition

Understanding is the ability to see how knowledge fits together and why it matters.

In the RÉKnowology system, understanding is the bridge between knowing a fact and seeing its meaning. It connects details into patterns, patterns into principles, and principles into usable insight.

A person may know many separate things without understanding how they connect.

Understanding brings relationship, structure, and context to knowledge.

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