World of Perception

Name: World of Perception
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ISBN: 9780415773812

ISBN-10: 0415773814

ISBN-13: 9780415773812

Edition: 2008

Authors: Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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'In simple prose Merleau-Ponty touches on his principle themes. He speaks about the body and the world, the coexistence of space and things, the unfortunate optimism of science and also the insidious stickiness of honey, and the mystery of anger.' - James Elkins Maurice Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important thinkers of the post-war era. Central to his thought was the idea that human understanding comes from our bodily experience of the world that we perceive: a deceptively simple argument, perhaps, but one that he felt had to be made in the wake of attacks from contemporary science and the philosophy of Descartes on the reliability of human perception. From this starting point,…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/12/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 104
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.80" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English



Foreword by Stephanie Menase Introduction




The World of Perception and the World of Science



Exploring the World of Perception: Space



Exploring the World of Perception: Sensory Objects



Exploring the World of Perception: Animal Life



Man Seen from the Outside



Art and the World of Perception



Classical World, Modern World


Notes


Index