human understanding
What people grasp
Human understanding is the capacity to grasp meaning, perceive connections, and make sense of experience.
The phrase often emphasizes the limits of comprehension: It's beyond human understanding why she stayed with him.
In philosophy, human understanding refers to the faculty by which we acquire knowledge—how we come to know what we know.
Some things simply exceed human understanding.
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- empathySharing another's emotions
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
wisdom · self-awareness · lived experience · judgment · theory of mind · epistemology · synthesis · ethics · emotional regulation · abstraction · compassion · heart to heart · intuition · analysis · learning · nod · common ground · meeting of minds
human understandingomniscience
Unlimited knowledge state
divine knowledge · all-knowing · universal knowledge · infinite wisdom · cosmic consciousness
human understandingmachine intelligence
Automated cognitive capability
artificial intelligence · animal instinct · extraterrestrial intelligence
human understandingincomprehension
Lack of understanding
unknowing · misunderstanding · confusion · bewilderment · obliviousness