Famous Existentialists: Maurice Merleau-Ponty

By Jagran Josh

Dec 27, 2012, 15:38 IST

Maurice Merleau-Ponty was a French phenomenological philosopher.

Name: Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Born: 14 March 1908

Birthplace: France

Died: 3 May 1961

Deathplace: Paris, France

Era: 20th-century philosophy

Region: Western philosophy

School: Phenomenology, Existential phenomenology, Western Marxism

Main interests: Psychology, embodiment, metaphysics, perception, epistemology, art, Western Marxism

Notable ideas: Anonymous collectivity, the flesh of the world, "the perceiving mind is an incarnated mind"

Name: Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Born: 14 March 1908

Birthplace: France

Died: 3 May 1961

Deathplace: Paris, France

Era: 20th-century philosophy

Region: Western philosophy

School: Phenomenology, Existential phenomenology, Western Marxism

Main interests: Psychology, embodiment, metaphysics, perception, epistemology, art, Western Marxism

Notable ideas: Anonymous collectivity, the flesh of the world, "the perceiving mind is an incarnated mind"

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