Phenomenology of Perception
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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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Target entity: Phenomenology of Perception Context triple: [Maurice Merleau-Ponty, notableWork, Phenomenology of Perception]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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| instanceOf |
book
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phenomenological text ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
consciousness is embodied and situated
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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
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empiricism ⓘ intellectualism ⓘ |
| field |
continental philosophy
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existentialism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of perception ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation |
Phenomenology of Perception (Landes translation)
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linked to:
Phenomenology of Perception
Phenomenology of Perception (Smith translation) ⓘ
linked to:
Phenomenology of Perception
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| hasPart |
introduction
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part on being-for-itself and being-in-the-world ⓘ part on the body ⓘ part on the world as perceived ⓘ |
| influenced |
aesthetics
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critical theory ⓘ embodied cognition ⓘ enactivism ⓘ feminist phenomenology ⓘ philosophy of cognitive science ⓘ philosophy of psychiatry ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl
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G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ Gestalt psychology ⓘ Henri Bergson ⓘ Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
body schema
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consciousness ⓘ embodiment ⓘ intentionality ⓘ intersubjectivity ⓘ lived body ⓘ motor intentionality ⓘ perception ⓘ phenomenological method ⓘ pre-reflective experience ⓘ spatiality ⓘ temporality ⓘ worldhood ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
ambiguity of experience
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body schema ⓘ flesh of the world (as a precursor idea) ⓘ lived body (corps propre) ⓘ motor intentionality ⓘ pre-objective world ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Phénoménologie de la perception
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linked to:
Phenomenology of Perception
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| philosophicalTradition |
existential phenomenology
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phenomenology ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gallimard ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
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Phenomenology of Perception
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Phenomenology of Perception (Smith translation)
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Phenomenology of Perception
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Phenomenology of Perception (Landes translation)
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Le visible et l’invisible
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Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s earlier work "Phenomenology of Perception"
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