Das Primat der Wahrnehmung

In three previously untranslated self-presentations from the years 1933, 1934, and 1946, Maurice Merleau-Ponty outlines the program of a distinctly phenomenological philosophy of perception. Beginning with forward-looking hints about his future intentions, critiques of his philosophical opponents, and descriptions of his intended methods, he concludes with a fascinating defense of his famous thesis on the primacy of perception. From the perspective of epochal phenomenology of perception, the phenomenon of perception appears to be more than just a possible subject of phenomenology: the primacy of perception implies consequences for philosophy in all its forms. Merleau-Ponty's discovery of perception becomes a program that is both current and radical for the understanding of phenomenological philosophy.