
Merleau-Ponty and Contemporary Philosophy of Perception
Peter Antich(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. December 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
211 pages
978-1-032-26590-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book draws on Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology to develop new and promising solutions to contemporary debates about perception. In providing an extension and defense of Merleau-Ponty's account of perceptual content and of the relation between perception and the world, it demonstrates the value of Merleau-Ponty's insights for philosophy of perception today.
The author focuses on two main topics: the contents and the nature of perception. In the first half of this book, the author tackles debates about the content of perception, namely, what sorts of properties or features of the world reveal themselves to us in perception and in what modes. Drawing on Merleau-Ponty's description of perceptual "sense," the author argues that perception has a unique kind of content, which cannot be adequately described in terms of sensations or concepts. He then shows how this account of perceptual sense can clarify debates about the richness of perceptual content, including whether we can perceive moral properties. In the second half, he turns to the nature of perception. Here he argues that Merleau-Ponty's account of perceptual intentionality makes available a powerful combination of the core insights of two main contemporary approaches to this question: realism and intentionalism. The author shows how this combination can be developed, defends it from objections, and explains how it is equipped to deal with problems posed by the existence of illusions and hallucinations.
Merleau-Ponty and Contemporary Philosophy of Perception will appeal to scholars and advanced students working on phenomenology and the philosophy of perception.
The author focuses on two main topics: the contents and the nature of perception. In the first half of this book, the author tackles debates about the content of perception, namely, what sorts of properties or features of the world reveal themselves to us in perception and in what modes. Drawing on Merleau-Ponty's description of perceptual "sense," the author argues that perception has a unique kind of content, which cannot be adequately described in terms of sensations or concepts. He then shows how this account of perceptual sense can clarify debates about the richness of perceptual content, including whether we can perceive moral properties. In the second half, he turns to the nature of perception. Here he argues that Merleau-Ponty's account of perceptual intentionality makes available a powerful combination of the core insights of two main contemporary approaches to this question: realism and intentionalism. The author shows how this combination can be developed, defends it from objections, and explains how it is equipped to deal with problems posed by the existence of illusions and hallucinations.
Merleau-Ponty and Contemporary Philosophy of Perception will appeal to scholars and advanced students working on phenomenology and the philosophy of perception.
Reviews / Votes
"Antich's book compellingly presents Merleau-Ponty's philosophy of perception and shows his ongoing relevance to contemporary debates."Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
13 s/w Abbildungen, 4 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 9 s/w Zeichnungen
9 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
332 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-26590-2 (9781032265902)
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Person
Peter Antich is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Dominican University New York, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Kentucky. He is the author of Motivation and the Primacy of Perception: Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Knowledge (2021).
Content
Introduction Part 1: The Sense of Perception 1. Perceptual Sense 2. Rich and Thin Contents 3. Practical Perception Part 2: Perception and World 4. Perceptual Presence 5. Realism and Idealism 6. The Problem of Perception