The Institutions of Meaning

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Mind & Body, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Vincent Descombes ISBN: 9780674419988
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: March 11, 2014
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Vincent Descombes
ISBN: 9780674419988
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: March 11, 2014
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Holism maintains that a phenomenon is more than the sum of its parts. Yet analysis--a mental process crucial to comprehension--involves dismantling the whole to grasp it piecemeal and relationally. Wading through such quandaries, Vincent Descombes guides readers to a deepened appreciation of the entity that enables understanding: the human mind.
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Holism maintains that a phenomenon is more than the sum of its parts. Yet analysis--a mental process crucial to comprehension--involves dismantling the whole to grasp it piecemeal and relationally. Wading through such quandaries, Vincent Descombes guides readers to a deepened appreciation of the entity that enables understanding: the human mind.

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