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Author Morris, Katherine J

Title Starting with Merleau-Ponty
Published London : Continuum International Pub., 2012

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Description 1 online resource (217 pages)
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Contents Title; Copyright; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Chapter 1 Starting with Merleau-Ponty; i. Phenomenology and existential philosophy: Husserl and Heidegger; iv. Coda: What phenomenology is not; i. Gestalt qualities; ii. The Empiricist Picture; iii. Intellectualist variants on the empiricist picture; v. Coda: Merleau-Ponty and science; Chapter 3 The Body; ii. A better account: Cartesian physiology vs. embodied being-in-the-world; v. USING THE ABNORMAL II: habits, skills and bodily knowledge; vi. Coda: Normal and Abnormal
Summary Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important European philosophers of the 20th century, whose work made enormous contributions to the development of phenomenology and the concept of the lived-body. Clearly and thematically structured, covering all Merleau-Ponty's key works and focussing particularly on the hugely important The Phenomenology of Perception, Starting with Merleau-Ponty leads the reader through a thorough overview of the development of his thought, resulting in a more thorough understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns. Offering coverage of the full range of Merleau-P
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961
SUBJECT Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961 fast
Subject Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General.
Philosophy.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011036464
ISBN 9781441174789
1441174788