In the shadow of phenomenology writings after Merleau-Ponty I Stephen H. Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, Stephen H., 1951- author.

Series:

Continuum studies in Continental philosophy.

Continuum studies in Continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961.

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Eventually he transformed this account in light of his investigations in linguistics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of history and institutions. Far less work has been done in addressing his evolving conception of philosophy and how this account influenced more general philosophical issues in epistemology, accounts of rationality, or its status as theoretical discourse. Merleau-Ponty's own contributions to these issues and, in particular, the theoretical status of the phenomenological account that resulted, have provoked varying responses. On the one hand, some commentators have understood his work to be a regional application of Husserl's foundational account of phenomenology. On the other hand, some commentators have questioned whether, in the final analysis, Merleau-Ponty was a phenomenologist at all. In In the Shadow of Phenomenology, Stephen H. Watson offers an in depth analysis of these responses and the complications and development of Merleau-Ponty's position.

Contents:

Pre-texts : language, perception and the cogito

Merleau-Ponty/Sausssure

The de-aestheticization of the work of art : on painting as a "secret science"

Cancellations : a phenomenology between Hegel and Husserl and the remainder of the dialectic

The possibility of a figured philosophy : on rehabilitating the sensible

Introduction

1. Pretexts: Language, Perception and the Cogito

2. Merleau-Ponty

Saussure

3. The De-Aesthetization of the Work of Art: On Painting as a 'Secret Science'

4. Cancellations: A Phenomenology Between Hegel and Husserl and the Remainder of the Dialectic

5. The Possibility of a Figured Philosophy: On Rehabilitating the Sensible

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786612873232

9781472546906

1472546903

9781282873230

1282873237

9781441116659

1441116656

OCLC:

676697236