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Motivation and the primacy of perception : Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of knowledge /

"Arguing that knowledge is ultimately founded in perceptual experience, Peter Antich interprets and defends Merleau-Ponty's thinking on motivation as the key to establishing a new form of epistemic grounding. Upending the classical dichotomy between reason and natural causality, justificat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Antich, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2021]
Colección:Series in Continental thought.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Arguing that knowledge is ultimately founded in perceptual experience, Peter Antich interprets and defends Merleau-Ponty's thinking on motivation as the key to establishing a new form of epistemic grounding. Upending the classical dichotomy between reason and natural causality, justification and explanation, Antich shows how this epistemic ground enables Merleau-Ponty to offer a radically new account of knowledge and its relation to perception. In so doing, Antich demonstrates how and why Merleau-Ponty remains a vital resource for today's epistemologists"--
Notas:Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Kentucky, 2017.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821447246
0821447246