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Phenomenology, Institution and History: Writings After Merleau-Ponty II

By Stephen H. Watson

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2009
ISBN
1847065317, 9781847065315
Google Books ID
0Yj30RzOXvIC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (24013800 bytes)
Series
Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy
Pages
viii+187\196
DPI
100
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-12-19 23:24:56

Description

Maurice Merleau-Ponty is widely known for his emphasis on embodied perceptual experience. This emphasis initially relied heavily on the positive results of Gestalt psychology in addressing issues in philosophical psychology and philosophy of mind from a phenomenological standpoint. However, far less work has been done in addressing his evolving conception of how such an account influenced more general philosophical issues in epistemology, accounts of rationality, or its status of theoretical discourse. Developing the work he has already done in In the Shadow of Phenomenology to address this gap in the literature, Stephen H. Watson further examines the responses to Merleau-Ponty's contributions to these issues. This book emphasises the historical and intersubjective underpinnings of Merleau-Ponty's late accounts, in relation to rationality, institution and community, and examines its implications.

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