The institutions of meaning : a defense of anthropological holism

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The institutions of meaning : a defense of anthropological holism

Vincent Descombes ; translated by Stephen Adam Schwartz

Harvard University Press, 2014, c1996

タイトル別名

Les institutions du sens

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-350) and index

" Originally published as Les institutions du sens c1996 Les Éditions de Minuit "--T.p. verso

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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 relationally. Wading through such quandaries with grace and precision, The Institutions of Meaning guides readers to a deepened appreciation of the entity that ultimately enables human understanding: the mind itself. This major work from one of France's most innovative philosophers goes against the grain of analytic philosophy in arguing for the view known as anthropological holism. Meaning is not fundamentally a property of mental representations, Vincent Descombes says. Rather, it arises out of thought that is holistic, embedded in social existence, and bound up with the common practices that shape the way we act and talk. To understand what an individual "believes" or "wants"--to apply psychological words to a person--we must take into account the full historical and institutional context of a person's life. But how can two people share the same thought if they do not share the same system of belief? Descombes solves this problem by developing a logic of relations that explains the ability of humans to analyze structures based on their parts. Integrating insights from anthropology, linguistics, and social theory, The Institutions of Meaning pushes philosophy forward in bold new directions.

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  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB20651170
  • ISBN
    • 9780674728783
  • LCCN
    2013031635
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    fre
  • 出版地
    Cambridge
  • ページ数/冊数
    xxix, 360 pages
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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