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    It is not the case that There is little or no room for the idea that S misunderstands a concept.

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations show that concept use is normatively constrained by community practice, not just individual dispositions.
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    • 2.A speaker can deviate from the communally established norm for a concept while still intending to deploy that very concept, constituting genuine misunderstanding.
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    • 3.Therefore, misunderstanding is possible precisely when individual use diverges from the normative standard the concept is constitutively tied to.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Frege's distinction between sense and reference entails that grasping a concept requires grasping its inferential and semantic role, not merely associating a term with uses.
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    • 2.A speaker who systematically draws wrong inferences from a concept (e.g., treating 'prime' as including 1) has failed to grasp the concept's constitutive sense, not merely acquired a different one.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.To understand a concept is simply to possess it and use it in thoughts.
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    • 2.If S reasons as if she possesses a different concept (e.g., ancient rather than arcane), it follows not that she misuses a concept but that she has another concept.
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