Reading Merleau-Ponty

Reading Merleau-Ponty
Author: Thomas Baldwin
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780415399944

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In this volume leading philosophers examine the nature and extent of Merleau-Ponty's achievement in Phenomenology of Perception and related writings.

The Merleau-Ponty Reader

The Merleau-Ponty Reader
Author: Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2007-11-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

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This title offers a comprehensive view of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's work, this selection collecting in one volume the foundational essays necessary for understanding the core of this critical 20th-century philosopher's thought.

The World of Perception

The World of Perception
Author: Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2020-07-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1000154904

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'In simple prose Merleau-Ponty touches on his principle themes. He speaks about the body and the world, the coexistence of space and things, the unfortunate optimism of science – and also the insidious stickiness of honey, and the mystery of anger.' - James Elkins Maurice Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important thinkers of the post-war era. Central to his thought was the idea that human understanding comes from our bodily experience of the world that we perceive: a deceptively simple argument, perhaps, but one that he felt had to be made in the wake of attacks from contemporary science and the philosophy of Descartes on the reliability of human perception. From this starting point, Merleau-Ponty presented these seven lectures on The World of Perception to French radio listeners in 1948. Available in a paperback English translation for the first time in the Routledge Classics series to mark the centenary of Merleau-Ponty’s birth, this is a dazzling and accessible guide to a whole universe of experience, from the pursuit of scientific knowledge, through the psychic life of animals to the glories of the art of Paul Cézanne.

Merleau-Ponty's Reading of Husserl

Merleau-Ponty's Reading of Husserl
Author: Ted Toadvine
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9401599440

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Merleau-Ponty's Reading of Husserl explores the relationship between two of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century: Edmund Husserl, the father of modern phenomenology, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, considered by many to be his greatest philosophical heir. While Merleau-Ponty's influence on the dissemination and reception of Husserl's thought is indisputable, unresolved questions remain concerning the philosophical projects of these two thinkers: Does phenomenology first reach its true potential in Merleau-Ponty's hands, guided by his appreciation of the tacit goals underlying Husserl's philosophical project? Or is Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology a creative but ultimately misdirected appropriation of Husserl's work? In this volume, the first devoted to a comparison of the work of these two philosophers, ten leading scholars draw on the latest research and newly available manuscripts to offer novel insights into Merleau-Ponty's reading of Husserl - with implications for our understanding of phenomenology's significance, its method, and the future of philosophy.

Merleau-Ponty

Merleau-Ponty
Author: Taylor Carman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2008-07-25
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134299362

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-61) was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. His theories of perception and the role of the body have had an enormous impact on the humanities and social sciences, yet the full scope of his contribution not only to phenomenology but philosophy generally is only now being fully recognized. In this lucid and comprehensive introduction, Taylor Carman explains and assesses the full range of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy. Beginning with an overview of Merleau-Ponty's life and work, subsequent chapters cover fundamental aspects of Merleau-Ponty's thought, including his philosophy of perception and intentionality; the role of the body in perception; freedom and our relation to others; history and culture; and art, particularly the paintings of Czanne. A final chapter considers Merleau-Ponty's importance today, examining his philosophy in light of recent developments in philosophy of mind and cognitive science. This second edition makes use of the new translation of Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception, his most important work, highlighting its critique of "objective thought" and the account of constrained freedom that Merleau-Ponty advanced as a foil to Sartre's notion of radical choice. Including annotated further reading and a glossary of key terms, Merleau-Ponty, Second Edition is essential reading for students of phenomenology, existentialism and twentieth-century philosophy. It is also ideal for anyone in the humanities and social sciences seeking an introduction to Merleau-Ponty's work

The Merleau-Ponty Aesthetics Reader

The Merleau-Ponty Aesthetics Reader
Author: Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1993
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0810110741

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Merleau-Ponty's essays on aesthetics are some of the major accomplishments of his philosophical career, and rank even today among the most sophisticated reflections on art in all of twentieth-century philosophy. His essays on painting, "Cezanne's Doubt" (1945), "Indirect Language and the Voices of Silence" (1952), and "Eye and Mind" (1960), have inspired new approaches to epistemology, ontology, and the philosophy of history. Galen A. Johnson has gathered these essays for the first time into a single volume and augmented them with essays by distinguished scholars and artists, including M.C. Dillon, Mikel Dufrenne, and René Magritte. Together the essays demonstrate the continuing significance of Merleau-Ponty's ideas about art for contemporary philosophy on both sides of the Atlantic.

Phenomenology of Perception

Phenomenology of Perception
Author: Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Total Pages: 494
Release: 1996
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9788120813465

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Buddhist philosophy of Anicca (impermanence), Dukkha (suffering), and

Merleau-Ponty

Merleau-Ponty
Author: Rosalyn Diprose
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2014-12-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1317493044

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Having initially not had the attention of Sartre or Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty's work is arguably now more widely influential than either of his two contemporaries. "Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts" presents an accessible guide to the core ideas which structure Merleau-Ponty's thinking as well as to his influences and the value of his ideas to a wide range of disciplines. The first section of the book presents the context of Merleau-Ponty's thinking, the major debates of his time, particularly existentialism, phenomenology, the history of philosophy and the philosophy of history and society. The second section outlines his major contributions and conceptual innovations. The final section focuses upon how his work has been taken up in other fields besides philosophy, notably in sociology, cognitive science, health studies, feminism and race theory.

Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy

Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy
Author: Lawrence Hass
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2008
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0253351197

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A clear and comprehensive introduction to the thought of French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Basic Writings

Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Basic Writings
Author: Thomas Baldwin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2004-02-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 113437559X

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This is the first volume to bring together a comprehensive selection of Merleau-Ponty's writing. It presents a cross-section of his work that clearly shows the historical progression of his ideas and influence.