What makes a space welcoming? How do we experience space as welcoming instead of hostile or simply indifferent? Maurice Merleau-Ponty observes that our bodies trail behind our actions in our daily lives. I am involved in an activity, for example, walking my dog. Usually, I do not notice my body and each of its movements … Continue reading Welcoming Spaces
Maurice Merleau-Ponty on the Social World
He was friends with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, and sought to come up with a theoretical alternative to the dichotomy of idealism vs realism. French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty thought that both these positions share the mistaken assumption of a ready-made world that we can know either intellectually (idealism) or empirically (realism). What was … Continue reading Maurice Merleau-Ponty on the Social World
Spreading the Word: Embodiment and Philosophy of the Body
Is the body the foundation of philosophy? Of anything, really?
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