Phenomenology of Perception

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book phenomenological text philosophical work

Phenomenology of Perception is a foundational 1945 philosophical work by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that develops a phenomenological account of human experience centered on the lived body and perception.

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Label	Occurrences
Phenomenology of Perception canonical	2
Phénoménologie de la perception	2

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Target entity: Phenomenology of Perception
Context triple: [Maurice Merleau-Ponty, notableWork, Phenomenology of Perception]

A. Phenomenology of Mind
Phenomenology of Mind is the English title of G. W. F. Hegel’s seminal philosophical work that traces the development of human consciousness, self-awareness, and reason toward absolute knowledge.
B. Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness is Jean-Paul Sartre’s major philosophical treatise that systematically develops his existentialist ontology and analysis of human freedom, consciousness, and bad faith.
C. Problems of Life and Mind
Problems of Life and Mind is a multi-volume 19th-century philosophical and psychological work by George Henry Lewes that explores the nature of consciousness, knowledge, and scientific method.
D. The Unity of Philosophical Experience
The Unity of Philosophical Experience is a philosophical work by Étienne Gilson that examines the historical development of philosophy to argue for the enduring coherence and relevance of classical metaphysical realism.
E. Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Phenomenology of Perception
Target entity description: Phenomenology of Perception is a foundational 1945 philosophical work by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that develops a phenomenological account of human experience centered on the lived body and perception.

A. Phenomenology of Mind
Phenomenology of Mind is the English title of G. W. F. Hegel’s seminal philosophical work that traces the development of human consciousness, self-awareness, and reason toward absolute knowledge.
B. Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness is Jean-Paul Sartre’s major philosophical treatise that systematically develops his existentialist ontology and analysis of human freedom, consciousness, and bad faith.
C. Problems of Life and Mind
Problems of Life and Mind is a multi-volume 19th-century philosophical and psychological work by George Henry Lewes that explores the nature of consciousness, knowledge, and scientific method.
D. The Unity of Philosophical Experience
The Unity of Philosophical Experience is a philosophical work by Étienne Gilson that examines the historical development of philosophy to argue for the enduring coherence and relevance of classical metaphysical realism.
E. Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ phenomenological text ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
author	Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ
centralClaim	consciousness is embodied and situated ⓘ experience is pre-reflective before being thematized by thought ⓘ perception is the primary access to the world ⓘ subject and world are interwoven rather than separate ⓘ the lived body is the subject of perception ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
criticizes	Cartesian dualism ⓘ empiricism ⓘ intellectualism ⓘ
field	continental philosophy ⓘ existentialism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of perception ⓘ
genre	non-fiction ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation	Phenomenology of Perception (Landes translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Phenomenology of Perception (Smith translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	introduction ⓘ part on being-for-itself and being-in-the-world ⓘ part on the body ⓘ part on the world as perceived ⓘ
influenced	aesthetics ⓘ critical theory ⓘ embodied cognition ⓘ enactivism ⓘ feminist phenomenology ⓘ philosophy of cognitive science ⓘ philosophy of psychiatry ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ
influencedBy	Edmund Husserl ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ Gestalt psychology NERFINISHED ⓘ Henri Bergson ⓘ Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
mainTopic	body schema ⓘ consciousness ⓘ embodiment ⓘ intentionality ⓘ intersubjectivity ⓘ lived body ⓘ motor intentionality ⓘ perception ⓘ phenomenological method ⓘ pre-reflective experience ⓘ spatiality ⓘ temporality ⓘ worldhood ⓘ
notableConcept	ambiguity of experience ⓘ body schema ⓘ flesh of the world (as a precursor idea) ⓘ lived body (corps propre) ⓘ motor intentionality ⓘ pre-objective world ⓘ
originalTitle	Phenomenology of Perception self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Phénoménologie de la perception
philosophicalTradition	existential phenomenology ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ
publicationYear	1945 ⓘ
publisher	Gallimard ⓘ
timePeriod	20th-century philosophy ⓘ

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty → notableWork → Phenomenology of Perception ⓘ

Maurice Merleau-Ponty → wrote → Phenomenology of Perception ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phénoménologie de la perception

phenomenology → associatedWork → Phenomenology of Perception ⓘ

Phenomenology of Perception → originalTitle → Phenomenology of Perception self-linksurface differs ⓘ