Sense and Subjectivity A Study of Wittgenstein and Merleau-Ponty |
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| Author:
| Dwyer, Philip |
| Series title: | Brill's Studies in Epistemology, Psychology and Psychiatry Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-09205-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 1990 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $180.00 |
Book Description:
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The philosophies of Merleau-Ponty and the later Wittgenstein are shown to yield a common position opposing 'realist' attempts to reduce appearance, sense, and meaning to perception-independent objects and relations. Their 'Gestalt Philosophy' thus constitutes a new form of 'anti- realism'.
The philosophies of Merleau-Ponty and the later Wittgenstein are shown to yield a common position opposing 'realist' attempts to reduce appearance, sense, and meaning to perception-independent objects and relations. Their 'Gestalt Philosophy' thus constitutes a new form of 'anti- realism'.