Maurice Merleau-Ponty Phenomenology of Perception

Maurice Merleau-Ponty would be generally agreed to be the most distinguished French phenomenologist, and his book Phenomenology of Perception, first published in French by Gallimard in 1945 and in English by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1962, is certainly his major work. The word that Merleau-Ponty...

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Published inCentral Works of Philosophy V4 pp. 177 - 194
Main Author Matthews, Eric
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Routledge 2006
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition4
Subjects
PHILOSOPHY
Truthmaking Relation
Non-positional Consciousness
Merleau Ponty Calls
General Propositional Form
Truth Functional Combination
Maurice Merleau Ponty
Ostensive Definition
Vice Versa
Metalanguage
Logical Relation
Non-natural Property
Brain Biochemistry
Logisch Philosophische Abhandlung
Violate
Logical Atomist Period
Follow
Make Up
Timeless
Logico Syntactic Employment
Objective Thinking
Influenced Merleau Ponty
Elementary Propositions
Merleau Ponty's Discussion
Cartesian Mind Body Dualism
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ISBN9781844650194
1844650197
DOI10.4324/9781315710389-10

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Summary:Maurice Merleau-Ponty would be generally agreed to be the most distinguished French phenomenologist, and his book Phenomenology of Perception, first published in French by Gallimard in 1945 and in English by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1962, is certainly his major work. The word that Merleau-Ponty uses more often than 'experience' is 'perception'. Phenomenology recognizes that any concepts used in general theories of science or philosophy, including the distinc-tion between 'subjects' and 'objects', are human constructs, which must derive their meaning from a more basic level, from actual engagement as human beings with surroundings. Human sense-perception takes the form it does because the human senses have the character that they have. Human responses to objects are what they are because of the structure of the human brain and central nervous system. Cartesian mind-body dualism is an integral part of Descartes's whole project of finding a sure foundation for science, which provides the philosophical basis for objective thinking.
ISBN:9781844650194
1844650197
DOI:10.4324/9781315710389-10