Phenomenology of Perception
Merleau-Ponty argues that perception begins in the lived body and its practical engagement with the world, not in a detached consciousness inspecting neutral sensations.
- Publisher
- Orchestra Books
- Publication date
- 09-Aug-13
- Language
- English
- Print length
- 696
About the book
Description
Merleau-Ponty argues that perception begins in the lived body and its practical engagement with the world, not in a detached consciousness inspecting neutral sensations. Through examples from movement, space, habit and the sciences of mind, he rethinks the relations between self, others and environment. The book is a foundational text of phenomenology and embodied philosophy.