Reversibility and Intersubjectivity in Merleau-Ponty's Ontology

An Aesthetics of Nature Consequences of Merleau-Ponty’s embodied ontology

In his courses on Nature, the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty clearly does not agree with Kant's antropocentrism. In particular the Kantian notion of the disinterestedness of aesthetic perception is untenable in an aesthetics of nature which is inspired by Merleau-Ponty's thought. Nature and human embodiment are seen as separated in this Kantian tradition. In Merleau-Ponty’s pheno...

an aesthetics of nature consequences of merleau-ponty’s embodied ontology

in his courses on nature, the french phenomenologist maurice merleau-ponty clearly does not agree with kant's antropocentrism. in particular the kantian notion of the disinterestedness of aesthetic perception is untenable in an aesthetics of nature which is inspired by merleau-ponty's thought. nature and human embodiment are seen as separated in this kantian tradition. in merleau-ponty’s pheno...

Focusing , Intersubjectivity , and “ Therapeutic Intersubjectivity ”

Intersubjectivity in

This essay focuses on the theme of intersubjectivity, which is central to the entire Indo-Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It addresses the following five themes pertaining to Buddhist concepts of intersubjectivity: (1) the Buddhist practice of the cultivation of meditative quiescence challenges the hypothesis that individual human consciousness emerges solely from the dynamic interrelation of self ...

Walåyah and Islamic ontology

The present paper aims at clarifying the role of the concept “walåyah” in the philosophy of the unity of being in Islamic philosophy (waedat al-wujid). The concept “walåyah” is deeply built into the philosophic system of the Islamic theory of being, and moreover the dynamic aspect of this concept has always activated Islamic philosophy of existence and stimulated the thought of Islamic philosop...