Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception, 1: What is Phenomenology?

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An introduction to the project of phenomenology through the Preface and Chapter 1, "Sensation," from Merleau-Ponty's *Phenomenology of Perception*.
[I just noticed an error in a quotation I typed on the screen (though I read it correctly). The quotation at 40:24-34 should be: "I would sense precisely insofar as I correspond with the sensed, insofar as this latter ceases to have a place in the objective world, and insofar as it signifies nothing to me."]

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@danchiappe 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best introduction to Merleau-Ponty’s “Phenomenology of Perception” I have seen. Thank you!

@JohnRusson123 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's a very kind comment!

@SophiaZoe 10 ай бұрын

Completely agree

@reuben9548 2 жыл бұрын

There's something about KZfaq lectures where the lower the view count, the better they get! I'm 23 min in and already really enjoy your style of presenting!

@Bilboswaggins2077 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a philosophy undergrad tackling this difficult book and I'm glad you made this. Thanks for putting it out here for free you've saved me lots of stress!

@JohnRusson123 2 жыл бұрын

That's great--that's just what I'm hoping for!

@mikkaaq3548 2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate this lecture, it made me appreciate Merleau-Ponty. He's very hard to read and the text is dense, but I suppose it was because I was approaching it as just a text. Thank you for this introduction.

@JohnRusson123 2 жыл бұрын

That's an excellent way to put it--it's not "just a text," but a very demanding work that you have to move through quite slowly. I'm glad my lecture was valuable for you--that's the kind of result I was hoping for when I recorded it!

@andriyandriychuk 12 күн бұрын

Practice, experience, thought. The order.

@renata3691 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for an explainer in Spanish but your video outdoes all the ones I checked. Thanks you!

@JohnRusson123 2 жыл бұрын

@Renata I appreciate your saying so!

@nikkixu 2 жыл бұрын

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@JohnRusson123 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your kind words, and I'm very happy to hear that you found the lecture helpful.

@20891 2 жыл бұрын

I took a philosophy class in college 30 years ago and came across MP. It’s interesting now to go back and study him. Thanks for this

@cieuxnoirs Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this one, the part about detachment of theoretical philosophy from actually studying it in life really spoke to me.

@JohnRusson123 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tomasz--I'm happy to hear that!

@xxx6555 2 жыл бұрын

I can feel your passion for philosophy when you talked about, for instance, Merleau-Ponty, which I believe makes your videos really stand out in contrast to tons of other similar videos on KZfaq that only treat philosophy as some lifeless "knowledge". Thank you for your videos!

@JohnRusson123 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a very nice comment!

@catherinepeter5231 Жыл бұрын

Flourishing....awakening..in freedom.. freedom is a field with no concept, no opinions, no conclusions which allows you to discover something new about yourselves..

@renata3691 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! You are a great professor. I'm glad to have been introduced to Merleau-Ponty in this way. (Amazing philosophy, by the way)

@JohnRusson123 2 жыл бұрын

@Renata Thanks! That's a very nice thing to say.

@barbarabartels5449 2 жыл бұрын

So fascinating! Seems that we can change our experience and expand our perception by our mind's decisions.

@zehabeshapsycho Жыл бұрын

on my way, I have learned how to read a book ,thank you

@Ambisextra_ 2 жыл бұрын

Jeeeeeze this just blew my mind. You’re also so articulate and easy to understand and sometimes someone else putting it in words as to what I study and I read can really make it solidify as what the hell im doing. Thank you for this intro to merleau ponty, it really really tied a lot together for me.

@JohnRusson123 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice of you to say this! I hope you will keep reading Merleau-Ponty :)

@audreyconway9933 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this philosophy meaningful and accessible.

@JohnRusson123 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, and thank you for the very kind comment!

@derbucherwurm Жыл бұрын

Great lecture.

@JohnRusson123 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@scottjrowan 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you John 🙏

@JohnRusson123 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@gettingtogive Жыл бұрын

Another brilliant lecture! Thank you 🙏

@anxiu 2 жыл бұрын

Awe-inspiring! Thank you

@JohnRusson123 2 жыл бұрын

Nice of you to say so :)

@TotusTuus85 2 жыл бұрын

Superb lecture.

@andriyandriychuk 12 күн бұрын

How do you discern description from explanation or analysis?

@JohnRusson123 12 күн бұрын

Description is expressing the form in which something appears; explanation is attempting to say why something appears; analysis is breaking something down into its constituent parts.

@andriyandriychuk 12 күн бұрын

@@JohnRusson123 thanks John