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Merleau-Ponty’s Consideration of the Crisis of Western Thought
International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol.64(1), pp.17-31
03/2024
Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty each consider what was taken to be the decline of Western thought. The works of Husserl and Heidegger will be briefly considered, along with Merleau-Ponty’s evaluation of his two great predecessors, while Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy will be featured here in some detail. The case will be made that Merleau-Ponty challenges the veracity of Western thought but finds in it the seeds of a new form of rationality. What Merleau-Ponty regards as a rationality that focused exclusively on abstract rational principles to the extent that specific circumstances were ignored is rejected for a new form of rationality, one that is rooted in the body’s perceptual engagement with the world. How Merleau-Ponty defines this new form of rationality will be explored.
- Merleau-Ponty’s Consideration of the Crisis of Western Thought
- International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol.64(1), pp.17-31
- Journal article
- Philosophy Documentation Center
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