Full Idea
Concepts are (at least in part) abilities and not occurrences.
Gist of Idea
Concepts are (at least in part) abilities and not occurrences
Source
Hilary Putnam (Reason, Truth and History [1981], Ch.1)
Book Reference
Putnam,Hilary: 'Reason, Truth and History' [CUP 1998], p.21
A Reaction
This seems to be building on the idea that meaning is use, and also arises from a background of pragmatism. Perhaps a concept is an acquaintance with a node in platonic space? Lots of abilities aren't concepts, so what distinguishes the concepts?