In the Shadow of Phenomenology: Writings After Merleau-Ponty I

by Stephen H. Watson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441118845
• ISBN13: 9781441118844
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"