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Book SynopsisBridging phenomenology, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, Peter Antich asserts that the latter has long been hampered by an inadequate phenomenology of knowledge. However, a careful description of Merleau-Ponty's phenomenon of motivation can offer compelling new ways to think about knowledge and longstanding epistemological questions.
Trade Review“Antich’s book demonstrates the difference made to epistemological debates and perplexities when we understand perception as motivating knowledge. It does this with great lucidity and insight, enriched by examples drawn from empirical studies, literature and art—all of which make for a compelling read. Because of its clarity and its commendable development of Merleau-Ponty’s understanding of perceptual motivation, it will be very useful not only to scholars but also to graduate students and senior undergraduates in philosophy.”
“An erudite and seminal contribution to phenomenology studies, Motivation and the Primacy of Perception must be considered as a core and unreservedly recommended addition to college and university library contemporary philosophy collections and epistemic supplemental studies. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that [the title] is also readily available in a digital book format.” * Midwest Book Review *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Defining the Account
1 Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Motivation
2 The Primacy of Perception
Part II. Defending the Account
3 Empirical Judgments
4 Universal and A Priori Judgments
5 Perceptual Faith
Part III. Motivation and Pure Reason
6 Transcendental Justification
7 Metaphysical Judgments and Self-Consciousness
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
