LEADER 04005nam 2200661 450 001 9910816348403321 005 20230803195451.0 010 $a0-674-41998-7 010 $a0-674-41997-9 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674419971 035 $a(CKB)2670000000544809 035 $a(EBL)3301399 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001134109 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11592203 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001134109 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11162810 035 $a(PQKB)11438355 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301399 035 $a(DE-B1597)427276 035 $a(OCoLC)871257766 035 $a(OCoLC)979683878 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674419971 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301399 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10841963 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000544809 100 $a20140314h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe institutions of meaning $ea defense of anthropological holism /$fVincent Descombes ; translated by Stephen Adam Schwartz 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts ;$aLondon, England :$cHarvard University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (392 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-674-72878-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface to the English Translation --$tpart I. Intentionalist Conceptions of Mind --$t1. The Intentionality of the Mental --$t2. The Paradox of the Intentional Object --$t3. A Holistic Conception of Intentionality --$tpart II. The Anthropological Holism of the Mental --$t4. The Question of Holism --$t5. The Illusion of Collective Individuals --$t6. The Order of Meaning --$t7. The Logic of Relations --$t8. The Subject of Triadic Relations --$t9. Essays on the Gift --$t10. Objective Mind --$t11. Distinguishing Thoughts --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex 330 $aHolism 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. 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aSpirit 606 $aSense (Philosophy) 606 $aHolism 615 0$aPhilosophy. 615 0$aSpirit. 615 0$aSense (Philosophy) 615 0$aHolism. 676 $a128/.2 700 $aDescombes$b Vincent$0162153 701 $aSchwartz$b Stephen Adam$01698570 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816348403321 996 $aThe institutions of meaning$94080145 997 $aUNINA