Truly Understood by Christopher Peacocke

ISBN: 9780199239443

Oxford University Press 24 April 2008

Hardcover | 296 pages

In *Truly Understood*, Christopher Peacocke argues that truth and reference have a much deeper role in the explanation of meaning and understanding than is commonly supposed. He develops a positive general theory of understanding in which reference and truth‑conditions are central to the grasp of conceptual content. Peacocke examines the explanatory power of these ideas by applying them to a range of fundamental concepts, including the first‑person concept, concepts of conscious states, perception, action, and the representation of thoughts, challenging rival theories that privilege use or justification alone in accounting for understanding. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}