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The Institutions of Meaning

Hardcover • 2014 • 1. edition

The Institutions of Meaning

By Vincent Descombes

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About the book

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 it...Show more

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9780674728783

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2014

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1

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The Institutions of Meaning

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Hardcover

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