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Phenomenology of Perception

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Philosophy Embodied consciousnessLived body

By Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Summary

Consciousness is inherently embodied — the "lived body" (corps vécu) is the subject of perception, not an object among objects. Perception is primary; intellectual reflection is derivative. Habit, motility, and spatiality are existential structures of embodied consciousness.

Why It Matters

Merleau-Ponty bridges Western philosophy and contemplative somatic practice. Essential for understanding enactivism and the embodiment turn in cognitive science.

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