Abstract

Peacocke presents a theory of concepts that builds upon his earlier articles. He takes concepts as abstract objects that are components of thoughts, that are individuated by the test of informativeness, and whose possession affects a thinker's capacity for thought. His view is Fregean, but he individuates concepts more finely than Frege. For instance, he takes a first-level predicative concept as a mode of presentation of a property rather than as a function from objects to truth values.