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

By Stephen H. Watson

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2009
ISBN
9781472547255, 9781847065315, 9781441158970
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
957 kB (980334 bytes)
Series
Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy
Pages
\190
Library
bloomsburycollections.com
Time added
2023-06-30 18:44:57

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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