La structure du comportement
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La structure du comportement is a 1942 philosophical work by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that critically examines behaviorist and reflex-based psychology to develop a phenomenological account of human behavior and perception.
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| La Structure du comportement | 1 |
| La structure du comportement canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: La structure du comportement Context triple: [Maurice Merleau-Ponty, wrote, La structure du comportement]
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Études de mœurs
Études de mœurs is a major section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together works depicting the manners, morals, and social behaviors of French society in the 19th century.
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À rebours
À rebours is an 1884 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans that became a seminal work of the Decadent movement, famed for its portrayal of an eccentric aristocrat’s extreme aestheticism and rejection of conventional morality.
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Le Bon Sens
Le Bon Sens is an 18th-century philosophical work by Baron d'Holbach that presents a rigorous materialist and atheist critique of religion and superstition.
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Théorème vivant
Théorème vivant is a memoir-style book by French mathematician Cédric Villani that blends personal narrative with an accessible account of high-level mathematical research and discovery.
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Loin des hommes
Loin des hommes is a French drama film set in 1950s Algeria that explores themes of colonialism, morality, and human connection amid the Algerian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La structure du comportement Target entity description: La structure du comportement is a 1942 philosophical work by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that critically examines behaviorist and reflex-based psychology to develop a phenomenological account of human behavior and perception.
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A.
Études de mœurs
Études de mœurs is a major section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together works depicting the manners, morals, and social behaviors of French society in the 19th century.
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B.
À rebours
À rebours is an 1884 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans that became a seminal work of the Decadent movement, famed for its portrayal of an eccentric aristocrat’s extreme aestheticism and rejection of conventional morality.
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C.
Le Bon Sens
Le Bon Sens is an 18th-century philosophical work by Baron d'Holbach that presents a rigorous materialist and atheist critique of religion and superstition.
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D.
Théorème vivant
Théorème vivant is a memoir-style book by French mathematician Cédric Villani that blends personal narrative with an accessible account of high-level mathematical research and discovery.
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E.
Loin des hommes
Loin des hommes is a French drama film set in 1950s Algeria that explores themes of colonialism, morality, and human connection amid the Algerian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
cognitive science
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philosophy ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| author | Maurice Merleau-Ponty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
behavior cannot be reduced to simple reflex mechanisms
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behavior must be understood as structured and meaningful ⓘ organism and environment form an integrated structure ⓘ perception is an active, structured relation to the world ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
foundations of Merleau-Ponty’s later phenomenology
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philosophy of perception ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
behaviorist psychology
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mechanistic conceptions of the organism ⓘ reflex-based models of behavior ⓘ |
| developsConcept |
form and structure in perception
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integration of physiological and psychological levels ⓘ structure of behavior ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | occupied France ⓘ |
| followedBy | Phénoménologie de la perception NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
phenomenology
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philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on Gestalt theory
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chapters on behaviorism ⓘ chapters on reflex theory ⓘ conclusion ⓘ introduction ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | The Structure of Behavior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl
NERFINISHED
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German Gestalt theorists ⓘ Gestalt psychology NERFINISHED ⓘ phenomenological method ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
critique of behaviorism
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critique of reflex theory ⓘ human behavior ⓘ perception ⓘ relation between organism and environment ⓘ structure of behavior ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of Gestalt psychology into phenomenology
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systematic critique of behaviorism from a phenomenological standpoint ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
existential phenomenology
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phenomenology ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Phénoménologie de la perception NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
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La Structure du comportement