Motivation and the Primacy of Perception : Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Knowledge

Authors

Peter Antich

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Series

Series in Continental Thought

Description

Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological notion of motivation advances a compelling alternative to the empiricist and rationalist assumptions that underpin modern epistemology.

Arguing that knowledge is ultimately founded in perceptual experience, Peter Antich interprets and defends Merleau-Ponty’s thinking on motivation as the key to establishing a new form of epistemic grounding. Upending the classical dichotomy between reason and natural causality, justification and explanation, Antich shows how this epistemic ground enables Merleau-Ponty to offer a radically new account of knowledge and its relation to perception. In so doing, Antich demonstrates how and why Merleau-Ponty remains a vital resource for today’s epistemologists.

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Language

eng

ISBN

9780821447246

Publication Date

2-2021

Publisher

Ohio University Press

City

Athens

Keywords

Maurice Merleau-Ponty, philosophy, knowledge, perception, motivation, phenomenology, epistemology

Disciplines

Cognition and Perception | Epistemology | Philosophy

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Recommended Citation

Antich, Peter, "Motivation and the Primacy of Perception : Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Knowledge" (2021). Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 40.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/40