The Structure of Behavior

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The Structure of Behavior is a foundational philosophical work by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that critiques both empiricism and intellectualism while developing a phenomenological account of perception and embodied behavior.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
academicDiscipline cognitive science ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
addresses mind–body problem ⓘ
psychophysical relations ⓘ
relation between organism and environment ⓘ
arguesAgainst mechanistic accounts of behavior ⓘ
purely intellectualist accounts of consciousness ⓘ
author Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ
centralConcept form ⓘ
organization of behavior ⓘ
structure ⓘ
contributesTo embodied cognition ⓘ
philosophy of perception ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
critiques empiricism ⓘ
intellectualism ⓘ
followedBy Phenomenology of Perception ⓘ
genre phenomenology ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
philosophy of psychology ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation The Structure of Behavior (English edition) ⓘ
hasPart analysis of Gestalt structures ⓘ
analysis of reflex behavior ⓘ
critique of behaviorist psychology ⓘ
critique of classical physiology ⓘ
discussion of symbolic behavior ⓘ
influenced embodied cognitive science ⓘ
later phenomenology of perception ⓘ
influencedBy Edmund Husserl ⓘ
Gestalt psychology ⓘ
phenomenology ⓘ
mainTopic behavior ⓘ
embodiment ⓘ
perception ⓘ
phenomenology ⓘ
notableIdea hierarchical levels of behavior ⓘ
integration of organism and world ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle La Structure du comportement ⓘ
philosophicalTradition French philosophy ⓘ
continental philosophy ⓘ
positionOnBehavior behavior is structured and meaningful ⓘ
positionOnPerception perception is embodied and situated ⓘ
publicationYear 1942 ⓘ
rejects Cartesian dualism ⓘ
reductive behaviorism ⓘ

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty → notableWork → The Structure of Behavior ⓘ
The Structure of Behavior → hasEnglishTranslation → The Structure of Behavior (English edition) ⓘ
linked to: The Structure of Behavior
La structure du comportement → hasTranslation → The Structure of Behavior ⓘ