Now remember - that even though Derek has asked us: "What does it mean to
'understand' a work of art?" --- he had asked that beleaguered speaker:
"what she meant by 'understanding' IN THIS CONTEXT " (i.e. the context of her
discussion)
She gave that answer -- which can only be inadequate if it contradicts her own
usage -- but Derek went on to assert that he was "talking about the average
person"
At which point, the speaker could have told Derek that this was the kind of
understanding that her discussion was not addressing.
(and she probably should not have let Derek ask any more questions - since
clearly he was only trying to assert his own concerns, and not attend to
hers)
Yes -- Derek is a heckler -- which is a disaster at a real-time conference -
but only an amusement on the internet.
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"I was at a conference recently where one of the speakers, who writes a
lot about music, kept talking about understanding music. In question
time I asked her what she meant by 'understanding' in this context. I
said I could see how one could talk about understanding a mathematical
proof, for example, but what did the word mean in relation to music
(and I really meant all art).
She first began to answer by saying that one understood if one could
recognise shifts in keys etc. But I said I was talking about the
average person not someone schooled in the techniques if music."
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