Tag: merleau-ponty

  • How Can the Concept of Embodiment and Intersubjectivity Be Understood in Sartre and Merleau-Ponty?

    How Can the Concept of Embodiment and Intersubjectivity Be Understood in Sartre and Merleau-Ponty?

    Introduction In the Göttingen lectures of 1907, particularly Ding und Raum (Thing and Space), Edmund Husserl delved into the relationship between the lived body and the phenomena of space and time as they are experienced, in conjunction with related discussions on sensuous perception, memory, fantasy and time consciousness, which pioneered a phenomenological tradition that went…

  • (Review) The A Priori: Merleau-Ponty’s ‘New Definition’

    (Review) The A Priori: Merleau-Ponty’s ‘New Definition’

    Shahid, S. (2022). ‘The A Priori: Merleau-Ponty’s ‘New Definition’’, International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 30(4), pp. 399-419. Available at: 10.1080/09672559.2022.2108102. Introduction Sidra Shahid begins her article by quoting Merleau-Ponty in his magnum opus, Phenomenology of Perception, on his claim of having pronounced a ‘new definition of the a priori’ [p. 399]. She then swiftly introduces the reader…

  • The Perceptual Field of Being-in-the-world

    The Perceptual Field of Being-in-the-world

    In the previous post (Yes or No: Is There an External World?), we are introduced to Heidegger’s notion of Being-in-the-world and have succinctly exhibited the significance of ‘world’ and its constitution. In this post, we shall further clarify the extent of the phenomenality of Being-in-the-world and seek to understand the world of perception as revealed…

  • Yes or No: Is There an External World?

    Yes or No: Is There an External World?

    As the title suggests, as of recent, I was pressured into giving a categorical answer to what I deem to be a false dichotomy, for reasons that I shall elaborate later. The question was raised by an acquaintance who grew frustrated with my responses when there was an exchange of metaphysical views between us, which…