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Phenomenology of Perception: An Introduction

By Colin Smith , Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
9780415045568, 0415045568
LCC
B2430.M3763 P4713 1962b
Open Library ID
OL22643294M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2551543 bytes)
Edition
New edition
Pages
488\438
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Challenging and rewarding in equal measure, Phenomenology of Perception is Merleau-Ponty's most famous work. Impressive in both scope and imagination, it uses the example of perception to return the body to the forefront of philosophy for the first time since Plato. Drawing on case studies such as brain-damaged patients from the First World War, Merleau-Ponty brilliantly shows how the body plays a crucial role not only in perception but in speech, sexuality and our relation to others. Perhaps above all, Merleau-Ponty's insights about the embodied mind are a bold and refreshing challenge to the new era of virtual reality and artificial intelligence, as scientists and psychologists discover the centrality of the body to mind and intelligence.

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