Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Language

Through accessible analyses of Merleau-Ponty's views of linguistic expression and understanding, and by tracing the evolution of these views throughout the course of his philosophical career, Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Language offers a comprehensive picture of his engagement with the philosophy of language.

List of contents

Introduction / Part I: From Perception to Language (1938-1945) / 1. Structure and Language / 2. Empirical Expression / 3. Transcendental Expression / Part II: On Finding One's Words (1946-1954) / 4. Scientific and Literary Expression / 5. The Linguistic Foundations of Ontology / Part III: From Language to Perception (1955-1961) / 6. Language and World / 7. Ontological Expression / Conclusion

About the author

Dimitris Apostolopoulos gained his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, and is currently Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Nanyang Technological University. His research focuses on European philosophy, especially phenomenology, aesthetics, and hermeneutics, and has appeared in venues like the European Journal of Philosophy, the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Research in Phenoitris Apomenology, and the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology. His teaching interests extend to European philosophy and the history of Western philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Dimitris Apostolopoulos
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2019
• EAN: 9781786611994
• ISBN: 978-1-78661-199-4
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 237 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 671 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism