# Understanding | | **Understanding** is a cognitive process related to an abstract or physical object, such as a person, situation, or message whereby one is able to use concepts to model that object. Understanding is a relation between the knower and an object of understanding. Understanding implies abilities and dispositions with respect to an object of knowledge that are sufficient to support intelligent behavior. | | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | wikipedia:: [Understanding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding) | | | sep:: [Understanding (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/understanding/) | But also in the sense of being understanding to another person [[Humility]] [[Toleration]] [[Annotation - For Iris Murdoch, Being Understanding Is Life’s Moral Project]]