Sense Experience and Poly-intentionality in Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception
Journal of Speculative Philosophy September 6, 2019 John Montani
abstract:This essay argues for a conception of poly-intentionality based on Merleau-Ponty's analysis of sense experience in his Phenomenology of Perception. I start by reviewing the tenuous status of sensation in Husserl's early work in order to prepare for a renewed conception of intentionality inspired by Merleau-Ponty—one that is grounded in the body's sense organs. I show how sensations...