The nature of perception
Research in Phenomenology 1980 DOI: 10.1163/156916480x00037 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that a new study of perception is justified by contemporary developments in philosophy and experimental research, including new German philosophies that call into question the guiding ideas of critical thought, advances in nervous system physiology, developments in mental pathology and child psychology, and progress in Gestalt psychology. |
Abstract
9 The nature of perception* Maurice Merleau-Ponty A new study of perception seems justified by contemporary developments in philosophical and experimental research: - by the appearance, notably in Germany, of new philosophies which call into question the guiding ideas of critical thought, until then dominant in psychology as well as philosophy of perception; - by developments in physiology of the nervous system; - by developments in mental pathology and child psychology; - finally, by progress in a new psychology of perception in Germany (Gestaltpsychologie). During my research this year, such an attempt seemed to me all the more justified because,