Book contents
- Making Sense
- Making Sense
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 An Introduction to the Puzzles of Understanding
- 2 Understanding As Feeling and As a Concept
- 3 The Linguistic Basis of Mind
- 4 Subjective Mental States
- 5 Objective Mental States
- 6 Intersubjectivity of Mental States
- 7 Identity Conditions for Feelings and Concepts
- 8 What “Understanding” Means
- 9 The Referential Scope of Understanding
- 10 Understanding and Children’s Theory of Mind
- 11 Understanding and Sense-Making
- 12 Understanding As a Learnable Skill
- 13 Understanding in Everyday Life
- 14 Ascriptivism and Cognitive Development
- References
- Index
14 - Ascriptivism and Cognitive Development
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2022
Book contents
- Making Sense
- Making Sense
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 An Introduction to the Puzzles of Understanding
- 2 Understanding As Feeling and As a Concept
- 3 The Linguistic Basis of Mind
- 4 Subjective Mental States
- 5 Objective Mental States
- 6 Intersubjectivity of Mental States
- 7 Identity Conditions for Feelings and Concepts
- 8 What “Understanding” Means
- 9 The Referential Scope of Understanding
- 10 Understanding and Children’s Theory of Mind
- 11 Understanding and Sense-Making
- 12 Understanding As a Learnable Skill
- 13 Understanding in Everyday Life
- 14 Ascriptivism and Cognitive Development
- References
- Index
Summary
In the first chapter of this book, I contrasted the first-order subjective experience of understanding, the “A ha!” experience of making sense, with the objective valid ascription of understanding that had long been the concern of analytical philosophers. I sought to bring the first-person experience and the third-person ascription together into one account of understanding.
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- Making SenseWhat It Means to Understand, pp. 159 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022