The Institutions of Meaning : : A Defense of Anthropological Holism /

The Institutions of Meaning : : A Defense of Anthropological Holism / / Vincent Descombes.

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Holism grows out of the philosophical position that an object or phenomenon is more than the sum of its parts. And yet analysis--a mental process crucial to human comprehension--involves breaking something down into its components, dismantling the whole in order to grasp it piecemeal and relationall...

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Descombes, Vincent,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the English Translation
  • part I. Intentionalist Conceptions of Mind
  • 1. The Intentionality of the Mental
  • 2. The Paradox of the Intentional Object
  • 3. A Holistic Conception of Intentionality
  • part II. The Anthropological Holism of the Mental
  • 4. The Question of Holism
  • 5. The Illusion of Collective Individuals
  • 6. The Order of Meaning
  • 7. The Logic of Relations
  • 8. The Subject of Triadic Relations
  • 9. Essays on the Gift
  • 10. Objective Mind
  • 11. Distinguishing Thoughts
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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