Managing the Multiplicity of Meaning
Managing the Multiplicity of Meaning

Summary/Abstract: Meanings multiply in Chuck Goodwin’s lab. If anything characterizes his inimitable professional vision (Goodwin 1994), it is this: under Chuck’s gaze, the possibilities pregnant in a piece of data multiply gloriously and generatively. Start with a video of a young girl cooking with her mother, and you may end up talking about the role of play in human evolution. Chuck’s brain is without disciplinary borders; his lab is a social manifestation of that stimulating mental world. Through his special alchemy, diverse ideas and traditions join together in surprising transmutations. Although Chuck is far too modest to say so, the great work we do together in his lab plumbs deep questions in philosophical anthropology (Goodwin 2018).

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