Maurice Merleau-Ponty - The Phenomenology of Perception

For this session, we'll be reading the Introduction of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's The Phenomenology of Perception. Our discussion will just focus on the Preface, but if you find him interesting please feel free to read more!
In “comments” below Marc has linked to a short video introducing phenomenology.

Maurice Marleau-Ponty was a 20th Century French phenomenological philosopher whose writings centered on the role that perception plays in how we experience the world. Rather than treating perception as a passive process through which we absorb bare facts about the world around us, Marleau-Ponty posited that perception is an active process and dialogue between our minds, our lived bodies, and the world which we perceive. His thinking remains highly influential in the fields of psychology and cognitive science.

Phenomenology of Perception is one of his most famous works. The Preface that we will be reading addresses a huge number the core concepts in Husserl's Phenomenology, and should serve as a good introduction to the phenomenological tradition as a whole

Link to the Reading