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How does Merleau-Ponty view the perceiving body and the perceived world?
They can be disentangled from each other
They cannot be disentangled from each other
They are product of human imagination
They are illusions of the mind
Answer
Indeed, for Merleau-Ponty, the perceiving body and the perceived world are not separate entities but rather two sides of the same coin. He argues that our experience of the world is always embodied, and that our bodies are not simply instruments that we use to interact with the world, but rather that they are constitutive of our very being.
Mystery of Perception: A Maurice Merleau-Ponty Quiz
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