tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post9208603759894929133..comments2023-10-20T06:33:43.157-07:00Comments on The Old Curiosity Shop: On UnderstandingCuriousCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892148471413222906noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-90873978069588989942007-06-19T04:15:00.000-07:002007-06-19T04:15:00.000-07:00Vatsan sir, chumma enna kozhappanum ne ippadi ella...Vatsan sir, chumma enna kozhappanum ne ippadi ellam sollreenga!:)<BR/><BR/>What is normative/positivist? Define por favor!<BR/><BR/>And I am not thinking of stuff you can pass judgement on, I am thinking of natural stuff. A question of judgement does not apply here.<BR/><BR/>And thiruppi sollrein..neenga romba mosum...unmaiyaa irundaalum superstar a paththi ippadi sollalaama:) And glad we agree that confused maari aalungala nikka vechchi sudanum. Vadanattukarangalukku nambala pathti ippadi ellaam pesa no right!:))CuriousCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892148471413222906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-60941254262243634292007-06-19T03:58:00.000-07:002007-06-19T03:58:00.000-07:00and we sent virtual autos after confused, only dam...and we sent virtual autos after confused, only damilians can critise damilians. how dare a vadanattukaran write such posts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-26410651861134598572007-06-19T03:56:00.000-07:002007-06-19T03:56:00.000-07:00first understanding is normative or positivist? wh...first understanding is normative or positivist? when you say you understand something, do you know how a system works and stop there or pass judgements? <BR/><BR/>lets take the corrupt indian system, when i say i understand it, i know how it functions and can get my way round it. I pass no judgements on it. <BR/><BR/>but someone else might pass judgements, which one is it? <BR/><BR/>PS: Pliss watch sivaji and then speak. As an old rajini fan sivaji is the demise of rajini as i knew himAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-24136947528119048022007-06-18T15:46:00.000-07:002007-06-18T15:46:00.000-07:00Dear Anonymous: Well, what you are saying is ok pe...Dear Anonymous: Well, what you are saying is ok perhaps. But consider the following in the context of your example. Suppose you fear something. There are two ways to get rid of the fear. One : Understand it, by looking for the root cause of your reaction (child hood incidence, conditioning, etc) and truely realize why you fear it. Two: As you suggest, just blindly face your fear till you overcome it due to shear familiarity and your inertia due to familiarity that builds up inevitably. In the second case, all you achieve is overcoming that particular fear. But in the former case, the analysis will lend itself to naturally explain and understand many of your fears and its outcome is more broad ranged. Do you see? Understanding is necessarily better than familiarity in this context. And I am unable to see when they can be equivalent.CuriousCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892148471413222906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170594139101638027.post-23616846908271131922007-06-18T15:31:00.000-07:002007-06-18T15:31:00.000-07:00welcome. helps me think too. I guess, its upto you...welcome. helps me think too. <BR/>I guess, its upto you to discern what people mean when they say they understand, because the dictionary meaning covers it all! You have to choose 1a-d or 2,3,4.<BR/>I agree when you say you have to be open minded in order to increase our knowledge bank and therefore understanding. But when it comes to familiarity and understanding I think its a little tricky. There are situations where familiarity itself is understanding! For example when you solve a complex mathematical equation. What is there to understand here? You solve it 10 times and become familiar with solving such things. Same thing with emotions in a human mind. Let's say you fear something. You face it 50 times, you might become familiar with it and lose fear. Doesn't mean that you understood it right? What I'm trying to say is that, there are situations where you don't really understand but are familiar with things and using either of the words doesn't really make much of a difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com