Questions tagged [merleau-ponty]
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What does the "essence of time" mean for Merleau-Ponty?
“it is of the essence of time to be not only actual time, or time
which flows, but also time which is aware of itself … the archetype of
the relationship of self to self”
What does he mean by 'essence'? Is it the to my mind pretty…
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Starting on Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
I'm taking undergraduate studies in Social Sciencies and because of a research I'm working on I started to read Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception and realized that this book requires a certain amount of previous knowledge on Phenomenology.…
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In what ways is Merleau-Ponty following (late/unpublished) Husserl?
... or, to put it differently: to what extent has Husserl already ancitipated in his unpublished writings what Merleau-Ponty has been developing later?
The standard narrative goes that Husserl remained an idealist (and dualist) throughout his life…
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Thoughts on Merleau-Ponty's account of imagination?
From what I gather, MP denies the usual opposition between perception and imagination. According to MP, imagination doesn’t occur after one perceives something, but rather imagination is a key component of perception itself. In The Visible and the…
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Why did Nietzsche say he would not live his life again?
Why did Nietzsche say he would not live his life again?
Kaufman Gay Science p. 19 introduction...
“Nietzsche in ... one of his
notes... “I do not want life again. How did I endure it? Creating.
What makes me stand the sight of it? The…
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What is Merleau-Ponty's "perceptual faith"?
What is Merleau-Ponty's "perceptual faith"? Can it be summarized in a series of propositions, or is it less amenable to systematization than that?
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Did Maurice Mearleau-Ponty really say this quote?
I found this quote in the book "At the Existentialist Cafe" by Sarah Bakewell, but I cannot find a confirmation of its authenticity anywhere else on the internet. Perhaps it's a unique translation?
I am a psychological and historical structure.…
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What is the meaning of this aphorism by Merleau-Ponty
What is the meaning of this aphorism by Merleau-Ponty
We are condemned to meaning, and we cannot do or say anything without
its acquiring a name in history
and is it true?
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