„Perception is Already Expression“. Merleau-Ponty’s Initial Lecture Course at the Collège de France Cover Image

„Vnímání je již vyjadřování“. Merleau-Pontyho první přednášky na Collège de France
„Perception is Already Expression“. Merleau-Ponty’s Initial Lecture Course at the Collège de France

Author(s): Jan Halák
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum

Summary/Abstract: In his initial lecture course at the Collège de France, Merleau-Ponty attempted to develop a new analysis of rational thought in order to clarify its link with corporeal-perceptive life. The formulation of thought in lan- guage as the most elaborate human activity of expression explicitly takes over what we already observe in perception as the implicit and mutual reference between the perceiving subject and that which is perceived. The article reconstructs Merleau-Ponty’s argumentat, based on his preparatory notes for the lectures, and provides an interpretation of the key concepts of “expression” and “body schema”.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 52
  • Page Range: 111-135
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Czech