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Title: | Knowing Others: Merleau-Ponty and the Articulation of Difference |
Authors: | Robertson, Mark |
Advisor: | Madison, Gary B. |
Department: | Philosophy |
Keywords: | philosophical strategies, Phenomenology of Perception, teleological/archaeological structure of Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology, consequences |
Publication Date: | Sep-1995 |
Abstract: | This thesis will explore three related concerns. First (Chapter 1), I discern some of the basic philosophical strategies at work in the Phenomenology of Perception. I will specifically discuss the teleological/ archaeological structure of Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology and his notion of "primordial unity". Second (Chapter 2), I will show how these strategies are manifest in his discussion of the other. And third (Chapter 3), I will consider some of the consequences of Merleau-Ponty's treatment of the other. In particular, I will examine his understanding of difference and plurality. A comparison with Hegel's master/slave dialectic will highlight some possible limitations of Merleau-Ponty's argument. In short, I will answer the following questions: How is the other known, according to Merleau-Ponty, and just how other is this other? |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/15884 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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