Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology: A Gift to Epistemology Reuben John B. Valentin Abstract: One of the fundamental question of epistemology is on how man can acquire knowledge? What means can man use to overcome state of ignorance? This question is critically touched during the Renaissance the jump from the God questions and focus on a more humane one‚ the man questions.The likes of Descartes who comprises the bulk of the rationalist started the period but as their ideas were articulated and read by
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‘Phenomenology is a method for studying experience’ (Fraleigh 2000). This quote from Sondra Fraleigh’s book ‘Consciousness Matters’ is just one brief understanding of Phenomenology. It deals with experience‚ emotions‚ gut feelings‚ and essences‚ as well as the study of phenomena. It come from a ‘first person’ point of view‚ how you feel‚ what you relate it to in everyday life. Personal opinions and feelings are key factor of phenomenology‚ every human being is different and will feel and experience
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headings‚ influencing how they ’take up’ space and what they ’can do’" . What somebody ’can do’ can be alluded to as organization. In this investigation‚ Antonio Gramsci’s thoughts of organization and dominion‚ together with Ahmed’s meaning of a phenomenology of whiteness are connected as the hypothetical system directing the basic perusing of July’s People. In the postcolonial method of clarifying the world‚ an attention to structures can liberate. Edward Said’s record of the procedure of "othering"
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Transcendental Phenomenology and Antonioni’s Red Desert This essay applies the ideas associated with transcendental phenomenology to the Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1964 film Il deserto rosso‚ known in English as Red Desert. Aspects of western philosophy can provide a viewer with a greater appreciation of the film and its meanings. After providing a brief overview of the development of phenomenological thinking and of past interpretations of Red Desert‚ this essay will provide an analysis and interpretation
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Axia Material SOAP Note Create three SOAP notes using correct medical terminology from the patient information in Appendix C. * Organize the information correctly * Format the SOAP notes * Revise language where necessary Post your paper as a Microsoft® Word attachment. Patient One – Chapter 6 Soap Notes Date: | 09/26/2011 | Chart: | 001 | Age: | 22 | Name: | Jane Doe | Date of Birth: | 02/11/89 | Sex: | F | S: | Patient has sever lower back pain that
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continent during the time of Immanuel Kant. Continental philosophy is usually countered with analytic philosophy or sometimes referred to as Anglo-American philosophy. During the 20th century continental philosophy embraced schools of thought such as phenomenology and existentialism. The major influences that this type of philosophy had were thinkers such as Martin Heidegger‚ Jean-Paul Sartre‚ Maurice Merleau-Ponty‚ Michael Foucault‚ and Jacques Derrida. (Continental philosophy‚ Britannica) Structuralism
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The historical roots of humanistic psychology are firmly planted deeply in the European traditions of existentialism‚ phenomenology‚ and personalism. Most humanistic psychology scholars readily acknowledge a debt to existentialism and phenomenology‚ yet the contributions of thought within personalism are often unacknowledged. In part‚ personalism often is forgotten because the term “personalism” speaks less to a system of philosophy or psychology than to a general concern with positivism’s tendency
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The event of death implies multiple connotations. While death invokes fear and dread on the surface‚ in some cases it evokes acceptance and tranquility. Through these old English texts‚ each author attempts to explore what happens in life after death. Interestingly‚ each author takes a different side while revealing parallel‚ underlying theories. Within their sonnets‚ John Donne and Rochester try to quell the common fear of death. Despite their efforts‚ it is evident through rhetorical devices and
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19‚ 2013 CMS 200 – Voice and Diction How to Deal with a Parent’s Death Losing a loved one is like having a rug swept from under you. We make plans for the day‚ and do not think twice about how those plans can be taken away in the blink of an eye. I never thought much about it myself‚ until I was faced with the shocking‚ and undeniable truth of my mother’s death. The title of the article I selected was the Effects of a Parent’s Death on Adult Children: Relationship Salience and Reaction of Loss.
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punishment retaliates an alarming effect to society’s safety. I strongly affirm with my resounding agreement to the establishment of capital punishment to eradicate the increasing occurrences of such heinous crimes. Primarily speaking‚ the necessity of death penalty has been the prolonged clamour of victims’ immediate family and relatives of these predators who demoralize and disrespect the life of their preys. A plea for justice has always been the battle cry of these innocent victims who impatiently
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