Phil188-s13-Syllabus

Home     Courses archives Spring 2013 Philosophy 188 Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception Tues/Thurs 11-12:30 220 Wheeler Office Hours: Friday from 2 to 4 pm ScheduleReadingRequirementsPrerequisitesLecturesVirtual ReaderPaper Topics    With growing interest in the role of the body in perception, and in the related question of the possibility and nature of non-conceptual content, Merleau-Ponty’s classic work, Phenomenology of Perception, has become increasingly relevant. We will read the book in order to understand and evaluate Merleau-Ponty’s arguments against what he calls empiricism (a sort of behaviorism) and intellectualism (cognitivism), as well as his positive account of what he calls motor intentionality — a kind of intentionality without conceptual content that, Merleau-Ponty argues, is the basic way human beings are embedded in the world. SCHEDULE as of December 31st, 2013 Jan. 22, 24      Intro: “Cezanne’s Doubt” [Sense and Nonsense, pp. 9-

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