How does Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy of Freedom have affected your outlook in life?
Posted on February 15th, 2010 by admin
Sorry I haven’t read much of his stuff, so I am not aware of any influence.
"I do not perceive a certain signal in my mind and then decide to act on it, or if I do, it is a rare and derivative occurrence."
My understanding is that he thought there was no mind body duaility, thus no separate mind telling the body what to do.
He also seemed to think that we just did things, often without forethought.
This type of stance goes against the research in Cognition that I am familiar with. machines that monitor our brain states before we make a decision (or have a thought such as finding an answer to a problem) are able to predict our choices before we know what we were about decide.
Maybe you could tell me a little more what his ideas were, if you think his ideas might affect my life.
February 15th, 2010 at 7:45 am
Sorry I haven’t read much of his stuff, so I am not aware of any influence.
"I do not perceive a certain signal in my mind and then decide to act on it, or if I do, it is a rare and derivative occurrence."
My understanding is that he thought there was no mind body duaility, thus no separate mind telling the body what to do.
He also seemed to think that we just did things, often without forethought.
This type of stance goes against the research in Cognition that I am familiar with. machines that monitor our brain states before we make a decision (or have a thought such as finding an answer to a problem) are able to predict our choices before we know what we were about decide.
Maybe you could tell me a little more what his ideas were, if you think his ideas might affect my life.
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