Cogito y ontología de la carne en Maurice Merleau-Ponty
David Durán
Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad de Costa Rica September 22, 2023 DOI: 10.15517/revfil.2023.54797 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that the reflexive cogito resurfaces in Merleau-Ponty's ontology of the flesh because his analyses of touch and vision privilege presence and coincidence, and traces the conceptual shift from the "reflexive cogito" and "tacit cogito" of Phenomenology of Perception to "perceptive faith" and "reflexive philosophy" in The Visible and the Invisible. |
Abstract
This research focuses on how the problem of the reflexive cogito returns in Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s ontology of the flesh. In the first place, the concepts “reflexive cogito” and “tacit cogito” are developed according to Phenomenology of Perception (1945). Subsequently, the article describes the conceptual transformation of these concepts into the ones of “perceptive faith” and “reflexive philosophy” according to The Visible and the Invisible (1964). Finally, the article demonstrates how the reflexive cogito returns to the ontology of the flesh because of the priviledge given to the presence and the coincidence in the analysis of touch and vision.