Motivation and the Primacy of Perception: Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Knowledge

Merleau-Ponty�s phenomenological notion of motivation advances a compelling alternative to the empiricist and rationalist assumptions that underpin modern epistemology.\n\nArguing 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.Motivation and the Primacy of Perception: Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Knowledge 1st Edition is written by Peter Antich and published by Ohio University Press. ISBNs for Motivation and the Primacy of Perception are 9780821447246, 0821447246 and the print ISBNs are 9780821424322, 0821424327.