If conceptual content is Fregean and mind-independent, then 'understanding' a concept is not analogous to grasping a word's meaning—there is no shared social artifact whose correct use can be modeled or taught.
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Learning what a word refers to or signifies, often by seeing how it's used in practice or being taught its definition.
mind-independent(Used to classify objects such as tables and chairs.)
An object is mind-independent if its existence does not, by its very nature, depend on being the object or content of mental states, i.e., it could survive the annihilation of all thinking things.
social artifact(describing what a word is—something made and maintained by a society)
Something created and shared by a community of people, like a language, tool, or custom that exists through collective agreement and use.
understanding a concept(Contrasted with understanding the meaning of a linguistic expression)
Simply to possess the concept and to use it in thoughts