Richard Mason (1948-2006) was a Fellow of Wolfson College at Cambridge. He is the author of Before Logic and Oppenheimer's Choice: Reflections from Moral Philosophy, both also published by SUNY Press.

Introduction

1. What We Understand

2. How We Understand

3. Understanding and Knowledge

4. Intelligibility

5. Failures of Understanding

6. Beyond Understanding

7. Wisdom

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Names