Fenomenología de la percepción
Book • 1945
In this book, Merleau-Ponty critiques the Cartesian dualism of mind and body and presents an alternative conception of consciousness.
He argues that perception is not just a passive reception of sensory data but an active and intentional process rooted in the body's interaction with the world.
The work emphasizes the importance of the body in perception and challenges traditional analyses of sensation, instead proposing that perception is always an experience of structured wholes rather than isolated sensory atoms.
Merleau-Ponty's central thesis is the 'primacy of perception,' which posits that all intellectual and cultural acquisitions are grounded in the pre-reflective and prepersonal life of the body.
He argues that perception is not just a passive reception of sensory data but an active and intentional process rooted in the body's interaction with the world.
The work emphasizes the importance of the body in perception and challenges traditional analyses of sensation, instead proposing that perception is always an experience of structured wholes rather than isolated sensory atoms.
Merleau-Ponty's central thesis is the 'primacy of perception,' which posits that all intellectual and cultural acquisitions are grounded in the pre-reflective and prepersonal life of the body.
