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In this chapter I examine Merleau-Ponty’s concept of a physical object. He is interested in the question of how it is possible for there to be physical objects for us, or, to put it another way, how it is possible for us to be perceptually presented with physical objects. Merleau-Ponty conceives of...

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Published inMerleau-Ponty pp. 208 - 225
Main Author Priest, Stephen
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 1998
Subjects
Motor World
Lived World
Merleau Ponty Talks
Merleau Ponty’s Thesis
Qua Physical Object
Gogh
Perspectival Perception
Pre-philosophical Intuitions
Vice Versa
Mid Air
Follow
Merleau Ponty’s Sense
Merleau Ponty’s Text
PPT
Fundamental Enquiry
Determinate Shape
Visible World
Perceptually Presented
Physical Subjects
Physical Object
Holds
Face To Face
Unsolved Philosophical Problem
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DOI10.4324/9780203413531-14

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Summary:In this chapter I examine Merleau-Ponty’s concept of a physical object. He is interested in the question of how it is possible for there to be physical objects for us, or, to put it another way, how it is possible for us to be perceptually presented with physical objects. Merleau-Ponty conceives of this question as part of the wider question, ‘How can there be objectivity?’ (PPT, 300).1
DOI:10.4324/9780203413531-14