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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"phenomenology of perception"”.
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A phenomenological account of Merleau-Ponty's notion of style : from embodiment to flesh
Abstract This thesis is an investigation of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's notion of style via the individual, artwork, and the world. It aims to show that subject-object, self-other, and perceiver-perceived are not contrary, but are reverses of one another each requiring the other for meaningful …
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The structure of linguistic behaviour : using evidence from aphasiology to corroborate and develop Merleau-Ponty's theory of language and intersubjectivity
The theme of this thesis occurred to me while reading Luria's Basic Problems of Neurolinguistics. Many of Luria's patients manifest forms of a disintegration of speech and of the understanding of speech, which resemble the disintegration of movement in space and perception of space of Goldstein's …
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Merleau-Ponty and the dialectic of perception
"Thought about perception finds itself confronting an antinomy: On one hand it would seem perception is the result of causal action--the effect of external objects upon us; on the other hand, there are compelling reasons to understand perception as an internally constituted event. The predominant …
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The concept of the lived world : an introduction to the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty
… Merleau-Ponty by being present at the birth of his philosophy, to experience the philosophy "from the inside" Our approach must be distinguished from a purely historical or a phychological one. We do not wish to introduce the thought of Merleau-Ponty by an examination of pre-phenomenological …
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Experience and Pictorial Representation: Wollheim's Seeing-in and Merleau-Ponty's Perceptual Phenomenology
… a project directed at understanding the nature of pictorial representation. Three types of theories enjoy recent favor. One explains pictorial representation by way of resemblance or experienced resemblance between the picture and what it represents. A second employs interpretation: the …
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Integration of evidence-based practice by acute care nurse practitioner
… by the heath care industry. The benefits of EBP include cost savings, improved patient outcomes, and the translation ofresearch findings to the bedside. In spite of the industry's acceptance of EBP, the literature is devoid of studies exploring the ways in which EBP is integrated into …
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A Christian Ontology of the Flesh: Word, Symbol, Performance
Maurice Merleau-Ponty responded to the loss of the body in the wake of Western philosophy after Rene Descartes by constructing a phenomenology of perception and an ontology of the flesh. His voice, although decidedly removed from the religious, is constantly brought into theological debate whether …
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The Experience of Decision-Making among Telephone Advice/Triage Nurses
The role of the telephone advice/triage nurse is both complex and demanding. All decisions are made while assessing patients without seeing or touching patients. In addition, the role is often developed to decrease health care costs which can be perceived by nurses as being in conflict with their …
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A study of Śāntarakṣita's Madhyamakālaṃkāra
The aim of this study is to survey the major philosophical themes of Śāntarakṣita's Madhyamakālaṃkāra (MA1). We have isolated these themes into five major issues according to the major Tibetan commentary on this work, the dBu-ma rgyan gyi rnam-bshad 'jam-dbyangs bla-ma dgyes-pa'i zhal-lung of …
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RE-ACTIVATE, exploring the potential of media-embedded architecture in reinforcing social interactions
… is first inspired by observing new modes of social interaction that are aided by tools like the smart phone, and it examines the shifting notion of “place” towards an online environment. Considering that architecture has historically served as a framework for social activity, and that …