Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological notion of motivation advances a compelling alternative to the empiricist and rationalist assumptions that underpin modern epistemology.
Arguing that knowledge is ultimately founded in perceptual experience, Peter Antich interprets and defends Merleau-Ponty's thinking on motivation as the key to establishing a new form of epistemic grounding. Upending the classical dichotomy between reason and natural causality, justification and explanation, Antich shows how this epistemic ground enables Merleau-Ponty to offer a radically new account of knowledge and its relation to perception. In so doing, Antich demonstrates how and why Merleau-Ponty remains a vital resource for today's epistemologists.
| ISBN: | 9780821424322 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2021 |
| Author: | Peter Antich |
| Publisher: | Ohio University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 247 pages |
| Series: | Series in Continental Thought |
| Genres: |
Phenomenology and Existentialism Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophy: aesthetics |