Re: what is understanding?

[twayburn@juno.com (Thomas L Wayburn)]

On Thu, 10 Jul 1997 20:02:45 -0700 (MST) "Daniel L. MacIsaac"
<Dan.MacIsaac@nau.edu> writes:
> > I am waiting for your mathematical model of understanding. But can 
> you
>
> Just to stick in a quip here; if human understanding can be reduced to
> a mathematical model (Boolean algebra, perhaps) then I'm not sure I
> want to human anymore.  What about emotional rationality?  We are 
> creatures
> of emotion as well as calculus.
>
> Dan M
>
> Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northern 
> AZ Univ
> danmac@nau.edu  http://www.phy.nau.edu/~danmac/homepage.html
My results are nearly complete.  I simply prefer precision and rigor over
vagueness.
The great music teacher and composer, Ben Boretz, made a similar
statement about music analysis despite our tendency to want to say everything about music in emotional terms.
Regards / Tom