Merleau-Ponty and Embodied Cognitive Science

What would the Merleau-Ponty of Phenomenology of Perception have thought of the use of his phenomenology in the cognitive sciences? This question raises the issue of Merleau-Ponty’s conception of the relationship between the sciences and philosophy, and of what he took the philosophical significance of his phenomenology to be. In this article I suggest an answer to this question through a discussion of certain claims made in connection to the “post-cognitivist” approach to cognitive science by Hubert Dreyfus, Shaun Gallagher and Francisco Varela, Evan Thompson and Eleanor Rosch. I suggest that these claims are indicative of an appropriation of Merleau-Ponty’s thought that he would have welcomed as innovative science. Despite this, I argue that he would have viewed this use of his work as potentially occluding the full philosophical significance that he believed his phenomenological investigations to contain.

Corpo e aprendizagem em Boris Cyrulnik e em Merleau-Ponty

This research seeks to identify views of the body and learning the authors Boris Cyrulnik and Merleau - Ponty, thus tracing reflective for the educational field in several areas, with emphasis on physical education paths . We notice that the above authors present a wide collection of books, needing to develop this theoretical construct a limitation in their works. Therefore , on the theme of the body , were used mainly books The Sixth Sense , Boris Cyrulnik and Phenomenology of Perception , Merleau- Ponty , as both present in their organizational context a specific chapter on this subject . The phenomenological approach is included as path to be taken to devise this study because it is based on daily reflections that the human being perceives through his experiences with his peers and mainstream culture. The phenomenological reduction was carried out from the readings and interpretations of texts, writers and commentators, as well as approaching with life aspects of experience as a police officer and professor of ethics. The interpretation points to the understanding of body and learning that can be propagated within the Physical Education and as a way to understand and learn the constructs lived through sensitivity. The design of the body, feelings and affections of Boris Cyrulnik firm the empathetic bonds between human beings, bringing confidence to explore the world, learning through the new link with the other. This notion is close to the notion of expressive body Merleau Ponty, who holds intentions in their gestures (movements), entwining in time and space. Boris Cyrulnik and Merleau-Ponty expressed as the human being is enigmatic, lying embedded in a social and cultural world, so the experiences to traçarem existential trajetória and learning need in order to enaltercer freedom of expression as a mechanism that can be deployed in the appropriation of concepts and the criticality of the subject facing widespread theories (biological, social, anthropological , etc.) . From the reflections of the research is that recomneda Physical Education , as epistemological working area apprenticeships stemmed body movements should enable reflection on their practice, other do be done, but enabling the creation of different senses and meanings each body attitude

Phenomenology as a method to investigate the experience lived: a perspective from Husserl and Merleau Ponty's thought

Aim. By taking nursing as a human relationships activity, in spite of its strong technical-scientific features, this article reflects on the phenomenological method as one of the ways to develop ail investigation and acquire knowledge of the topic.Rationale. Based on Husserl's phenomenology, which is opposed to the way of doing science based on the laws that regulate the physics and mathematics, the article introduces Merleau Ponty's existential phenomenology as the theoretical foundation for the method it proposes. My existential conceptions-people as historic beings inserted in a world over which they act but which, in its turn, determines them; the human perception as reference for our way of being in the world; the space-time structure of perception-these are the key concepts that have led to the elaboration of ail approach to phenomenological research.Proposal of a methodology. Steps are proposed for such ail approach, namely phenomenological description, reduction and analysis. These lead to the building up of ideographic and nomothetic analyses, thus unveiling and describing general truths about the phenomenon studied. Finally, the possibilities for applying the methodology to nursing research are discussed, illustrated by my research into student nurses' perspectives on working oil an isolation ward.

Considerações sobre corporeidade e percepção no último Merleau-Ponty

Our aim in this paper is to study the problem of the perception of one's own body in Merleau-Ponty's productions during the period he taught at the Collège de France. Discussions about the notion of body scheme serve as the research axis. We focus on two courses directly connected with the conceptual advances that bring Merleau-Ponty to elaborate the notion of flesh: The sensitive world and the world of expression and Nature. We particularly look into the first, as research about the diachronism in corporeity phenomena turns into theoretical support in relation to later progress. We consider that the diacritic condition of the body's position in the world is related with the theme of the circuit established between the body, the other and things. This is also related to principle of reversibility, to the body as a sensitive sentient.

Merleau-Ponty e a condição do natural em nós

In this paper, the aim is to highlight and analyze certain moments in the work of Merleau-Ponty when discussions took place about the condition of the natural in us. We mainly focus on the observed opposition between the evolutionist viewpoint adopted in The structure of Behavior and the perspective in the Phenomenology of Perception, based on the body as expression. We also look at studies on infantile prematuration and mention the characterization of the human body in the philosopher’s courses on the notion of nature. We underline the expressive dimension of the natural in us, which emerges from Merleau-Ponty’s formulations. In addition, we evidence the importance of psychoanalysis in the Merleau-Ponty’s treatment of the corporeity problem.

Os primeiros trabalhos de Merleau-Ponty: convergência filosófica e diplopia metodológica

The discussion of different themes revealed in the initial works of Merleau-Ponty, which are especially relevant in debates on the foundations of psychology, demands a closer look at the strategically complicity, from a psychological viewpoint, between The Structure of Behavior and the Phenomenology of perception. That context constitutes the background for this article. Based on the prerogative of this complicity, the goal is to present a reading that highlights primordial issues to outline the philosophical intention of that author. Despite the use of distinct methodological perspectives, both are part of one single work project. They fit into the discussion of Cartesian antinomies in philosophy and depart from the delimitation of the same problem, i.e. that of perception, as a point of integration between the two fundamental orders of Descartes’ thinking: the soul and the body.

Merleau-Ponty e descartes: o afeto entre a medicina e a psicologia

Através da noção de afeto, à luz da filosofia de Merleau-Ponty, busca-se problematizar a herança da metafísica cartesiana presente na medicina e na psicologia ocidentais. Em Descartes encontramos dois programas distintos de pesquisa para a Antropologia: um para o corpo, do qual se encarregou nossa medicina, e outro para a alma, do qual se encarregou nossa psicologia. Afinal, embora na Antropologia cartesiana o homem seja de fato a união substancial de corpo e alma, só se pode falar com clareza de um ou outro termo conforme os ditames de sua metafísica. Através da descrição do sentido da experiência do corpo próprio, Merleau-Ponty busca desconstruir as noções de corpo e alma em Descartes para explicitar essa união que a filosofia cartesiana reconheceu apenas de fato. A noção de sentir ou afeto é central nessa discussão, pois é a expressão privilegiada dessa união.

Um caso de Binswanger sob a lente de Merleau-Ponty

Pretendo, neste artigo, abordar um caso de Binswanger privilegiado por Merleau-Ponty. Nesse caso, o filósofo desenvolve a questão do estatuto do sintoma como uma forma de elaboração de vida, mas chega num impasse: como pensar essa elaboração sem que isso nos leve a negar que o sujeito se reestrutura totalmente diante de um impasse? Além do que, o que significa dizer que o sujeito elabora uma nova forma de vida? Veremos como a análise merleau-pontyana da psicanálise é peculiar, levando-o a negar um conceito chave da metapsicologia freudiana: o inconsciente.

"Narrazione filosofica" e "afilosofia". I problemi della filosofia, dell'espressione e del senso in Gadda e in Merleau-Ponty

Questo lavoro pone i problema di una presentazione filosofica della Meditazione milanese, nel suo rapporto con l'opera letteraria di Gadda e, contemporaneamente, instaura un confronto tra il complesso della produzione gaddiana (saggistica e narrativa) e l'ipotesi, messa in rilevo da Merleau-Ponty, di trovare al di fuori del vocabolario filosofico le possibilità di esprimere e raccontare la realtà che ci circonda. Nel costante riferimento alle posizioni teoretiche espresse nella Meditazione milanese, non solo viene inscritta la figura di Gadda entro un panorama filosofico, ma risulta problematizzato lo statuto stesso della filosofia. .

El uso del modelo del escenario : del arte a la ciencia: Feyerabend y Merleau-Ponty

Fil: Vidal, Andrea. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.

Alejandro Amavet y Merleau Ponty : Un diálogo interpretativo

El presente trabajo se propone realizar un análisis de la categoría teórica "cuerpo". Los libros que se examinarán para generar un diálogo entre ambos autores es el de Merleau Ponty, "Fenomenología de la percepción"; y los de Alejandro Amavet, son "Apuntes para la introducción al estudio de la Educación Física"; "Cuadernillo de Educación Física Renovada I, II y III". Lógicamente en ningún momento A. Amavet y M. Ponty se sentaron a charlar de cuestiones teóricas o a realizar análisis en base a la educación física juntos, es más el segundo de los autores mencionados es un Filosofo Francés y el primero es un licenciado en Educación Física Argentino. Ahora bien, la razón por la cual considero substancial establecer un dialogo interpretativo entre Merleau Ponty y Alejandro Amavet, es que el segundo autor mencionado toma algunas concepciones del primero para realizar análisis e interpretaciones dentro del campo disciplinar de la Educación Física más específicamente del concepto de "cuerpo"

El uso del modelo del escenario : del arte a la ciencia: Feyerabend y Merleau-Ponty

Fil: Vidal, Andrea. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.

Alejandro Amavet y Merleau Ponty : Un diálogo interpretativo

El presente trabajo se propone realizar un análisis de la categoría teórica "cuerpo". Los libros que se examinarán para generar un diálogo entre ambos autores es el de Merleau Ponty, "Fenomenología de la percepción"; y los de Alejandro Amavet, son "Apuntes para la introducción al estudio de la Educación Física"; "Cuadernillo de Educación Física Renovada I, II y III". Lógicamente en ningún momento A. Amavet y M. Ponty se sentaron a charlar de cuestiones teóricas o a realizar análisis en base a la educación física juntos, es más el segundo de los autores mencionados es un Filosofo Francés y el primero es un licenciado en Educación Física Argentino. Ahora bien, la razón por la cual considero substancial establecer un dialogo interpretativo entre Merleau Ponty y Alejandro Amavet, es que el segundo autor mencionado toma algunas concepciones del primero para realizar análisis e interpretaciones dentro del campo disciplinar de la Educación Física más específicamente del concepto de "cuerpo"

Alejandro Amavet y Merleau Ponty : Un diálogo interpretativo

El presente trabajo se propone realizar un análisis de la categoría teórica "cuerpo". Los libros que se examinarán para generar un diálogo entre ambos autores es el de Merleau Ponty, "Fenomenología de la percepción"; y los de Alejandro Amavet, son "Apuntes para la introducción al estudio de la Educación Física"; "Cuadernillo de Educación Física Renovada I, II y III". Lógicamente en ningún momento A. Amavet y M. Ponty se sentaron a charlar de cuestiones teóricas o a realizar análisis en base a la educación física juntos, es más el segundo de los autores mencionados es un Filosofo Francés y el primero es un licenciado en Educación Física Argentino. Ahora bien, la razón por la cual considero substancial establecer un dialogo interpretativo entre Merleau Ponty y Alejandro Amavet, es que el segundo autor mencionado toma algunas concepciones del primero para realizar análisis e interpretaciones dentro del campo disciplinar de la Educación Física más específicamente del concepto de "cuerpo"

El uso del modelo del escenario : del arte a la ciencia: Feyerabend y Merleau-Ponty

Fil: Vidal, Andrea. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.