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      Fully Understanding Concept Possession

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          Summary Can subjects genuinely possess concepts they do not understand fully? A simple argument can show that, on the assumption that possession conditions are taken to fully individuate concepts, this question must be answered in the negative. In this paper, I examine this negative answer as possibly articulated within Christopher Peacocke’s seminal theory. I then discuss four central lines of attack to the view that possession of concepts requires full understanding. I conclude that theorists should acknowledge the existence of indefinitely many cases of genuine concept possession for partially understood concepts and therefore face the determination challenge, namely, the challenge of fully determining concept individuation from concept possession conditions of partially understood concepts.

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          Resumen ¿Pueden las personas poseer conceptos que no comprenden completamente? Un argumento simple muestra que, si las condiciones de posesión individúan conceptos totalmente, la respuesta a esta cuestión es negativa. En este artículo, examino esta respuesta con base en una posible articulación de la teoría de Christopher Peacocke y presento cuatro líneas centrales de ataque a la idea de que la posesión de conceptos requiere compresión completa. Concluyo que debemos reconocer la existencia de un número ilimitado de casos de posesión genuina de conceptos parcialmente comprendidos y así afrontar el reto de la determinación, esto es, el reto de determinar totalmente la individuación de conceptos a partir de condiciones de posesión de conceptos parcialmente comprendidos.

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                Journal
                rhfi
                Crítica (México, D.F.)
                Crítica (Méx., D.F.)
                Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM (México, DF, Mexico )
                0011-1503
                2018
                : 50
                : 148
                : 3-27
                Affiliations
                [1] Cataluña orgnameUniversitat de Barcelona orgdiv1Logos Research Group Spain vmverdejo@ 123456gmail.com
                Article
                S0011-15032018000100003 S0011-1503(18)05014800003
                10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2018.01
                12e0e064-d4ac-430d-8330-678a1f91af2c

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 12 April 2018
                : 27 August 2015
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 40, Pages: 25
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                anti-individualism,reto de la determinación,concept individuation,individuación de conceptos,antiindividualismo,concepción implícita,comprensión parcial,implicit conceptions,determination challenge,partial understanding

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