From Text to Action
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From Text to Action is a philosophical work by Paul Ricoeur that explores how written texts generate meaning and influence human action through interpretation and hermeneutics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| From Text to Action canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7108989 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: From Text to Action Context triple: [Paul Ricoeur, notableWork, From Text to Action]
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A.
Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort
"Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort" is a seminal 1949 book by linguist George Kingsley Zipf that proposes people naturally minimize effort in language and behavior, helping explain patterns such as Zipf’s law in word frequencies.
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B.
Toward a General Theory of Action
Toward a General Theory of Action is a foundational sociological work that systematically outlines a comprehensive framework for understanding human action and social systems.
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Working Papers in the Theory of Action
Working Papers in the Theory of Action is a collection of essays by sociologist Talcott Parsons that further develops his influential structural–functional theory of social action.
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How to Do Things with Words
How to Do Things with Words is a foundational work in 20th-century philosophy of language by J. L. Austin that introduced speech act theory and transformed understandings of how language functions in practice.
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E.
Moving Beyond Words
Moving Beyond Words is a 1993 collection of feminist essays by Gloria Steinem that explores gender, power, and social change through personal narrative and political analysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: From Text to Action Target entity description: From Text to Action is a philosophical work by Paul Ricoeur that explores how written texts generate meaning and influence human action through interpretation and hermeneutics.
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A.
Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort
"Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort" is a seminal 1949 book by linguist George Kingsley Zipf that proposes people naturally minimize effort in language and behavior, helping explain patterns such as Zipf’s law in word frequencies.
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B.
Toward a General Theory of Action
Toward a General Theory of Action is a foundational sociological work that systematically outlines a comprehensive framework for understanding human action and social systems.
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C.
Working Papers in the Theory of Action
Working Papers in the Theory of Action is a collection of essays by sociologist Talcott Parsons that further develops his influential structural–functional theory of social action.
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D.
How to Do Things with Words
How to Do Things with Words is a foundational work in 20th-century philosophy of language by J. L. Austin that introduced speech act theory and transformed understandings of how language functions in practice.
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E.
Moving Beyond Words
Moving Beyond Words is a 1993 collection of feminist essays by Gloria Steinem that explores gender, power, and social change through personal narrative and political analysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
the concept of appropriation in interpretation
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the concept of distanciation ⓘ the concept of textual reference ⓘ the problem of understanding texts ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify how meaning is generated in written discourse
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show how interpretation leads to action ⓘ |
| author | Paul Ricoeur ⓘ |
| contributor | Paul Ricoeur ⓘ |
| explores |
how written texts influence human action
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the autonomy of the text ⓘ the role of the reader in interpretation ⓘ the transition from discourse to text ⓘ the transition from text to action ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literary theory
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philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
process of interpretation
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production of meaning by written texts ⓘ relationship between text and action ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analyses of action and praxis
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essays on hermeneutic theory ⓘ studies on interpretation of texts ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary hermeneutics
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philosophy of action debates ⓘ theory of interpretation in the humanities ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl
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Hans-Georg Gadamer ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
hermeneutics
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interpretation ⓘ philosophy of action ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ textual meaning ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalSubject |
action
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discourse ⓘ meaning ⓘ text ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
continental philosophy
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hermeneutic phenomenology ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of Meaning
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Time and Narrative ⓘ |
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Subject: From Text to Action Description of subject: From Text to Action is a philosophical work by Paul Ricoeur that explores how written texts generate meaning and influence human action through interpretation and hermeneutics.
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