The Role of the Body in the Formation of Perception, Based on the Views of Merleau-Ponty
The Role of the Body in the Formation of Perception, Based on the Views of Merleau-Ponty
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https://doi.org/10.54855/csl.26629Keywords:
The body, the living body, perception, experience, interactionAbstract
The living body is a unified entity, where the physical organism merges with the process of perception and interaction with the world. Centered on Merleau-Ponty's view, lived experience through the body enables human beings to form the world of perception, in which every action, gesture, and interaction contributes to building understanding. The body plays a central role in all perceptual activity, not only within the physical environment but also within diverse cultural and social contexts.
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Merleau-Ponty, M. (2005). Phenomenology of perception (C. Smith, Trans.). Routledge. (Original work published 1945)
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception (London: New York: Humanities Press, 2005), 235.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception, 71. “The experience of our own being teaches us to embed space in existence”
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