1st Edition
Reading Merleau-Ponty On Phenomenology of Perception
Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important contributions to philosophy of the twentieth century. In this volume, leading philosophers from Europe and North America examine the nature and extent of Merleau-Ponty's achievement and consider its importance to contemporary philosophy.
The chapters, most of which were specially commissioned for this volume, cover the central aspects of Merleau-Ponty's influential work. These include:
- Merleau-Ponty’s debt to Husserl
- Merleau-Ponty’s conception of philosophy
- perception, action and the role of the body
- consciousness and self-consciousness
- naturalism and language
- social rules and freedom.
Contributors: David Smith, Sean Kelly, Komarine Romdenh-Romluc, Hubert Dreyfus, Mark Wrathall, Thomas Baldwin, Simon Glendinning, Naomi Eilan, Eran Dorfman, Francoise Dastur
1. David Smith
The Flesh of Perception: Merleau-Ponty and Husserl
2. Sean Kelly
What do we see (when we do)?
3. Komarine Romdenh-Romluc
Merleau-Ponty and the Power to Reckon with the Possible
4. Herbert Dreyfus
Reply to Romdenh-Romluc
5. Mark Wrathall
The Phenomenology of Social Rules
6. Thomas Baldwin
Speaking and Spoken Speech
7. Simon Glendinning
The Genius of Man
8. Naomi Eilan
Consciousness, Self-Consciousness and Communication
9. Eran Dorfman
Perception, Freedom and Radical Reflection
10. Françoise Dastur
Philosophy and Non-Philosophy
Bibliography
Biography
Tom Baldwin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York, UK.
'Reading Reading Merleau-Ponty, and in addition, reading Merleau-Ponty, as the former makes clear, are worthwhile enterprises for anyone who wants to enter into some of the most interesting discussions of perception, language, embodied cognition, intersubjectivity, and even the very concept of phenomenological philosophy today.' – Shaun Gallagher, University of Central Florida, USA, Mind, Vol. 118 . 472 . October 2009