Merleau-Ponty M

When1:  1942

When2:  1961

Who:    Maurice Merleau-Ponty [Merleau-Ponty, Maurice]

What:   philosopher

Where:  Paris, France

works\  Structure of Behavior [1942]; Phenomenology of Perception [1945]; Signs [1960]; Visible and the Invisible [1961]

Detail: He lived 1907 to 1961, was existentialist, and opposed dualism.

Epistemology

Awareness of object has representation and has space, time, and other unrepresented features {horizon, awareness}. The horizon is necessary to perception, meaning, and understanding.

Mind

Ego or self is about body experience. Body experience is neither subject nor object. Self's essence or reality develops through actions. World is self's experiences.

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