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Sense, Language, and Ontology in Merleau-Ponty and Hyppolite.
- Source :
- Research in Phenomenology; 2018, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p92-118, 27p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Hyppolite stresses his proximity to Merleau-Ponty, but the received interpretation of his “anti-humanist” reading of Hegel suggests a greater distance between their projects. This paper focuses on an under-explored dimension of their philosophical relationship. I argue that Merleau-Ponty and Hyppolite are both committed to formulating a mode of philosophical expression that can avoid the pitfalls of purely formal or literal and purely aesthetic or creative modes of expression. Merleau-Ponty’s attempt to navigate this dichotomy, I suggest, closely resembles Hyppolite’s interpretation of Hegel’s “speculative” mode of expression. In particular, his emphasis on the “mediating” character of philosophical language, which moves between descriptive and creative expression, suggests a debt to Hyppolite. This reading provides more evidence to think that Hyppolite cannot be straightforwardly understood as an anti-humanist or post-phenomenological thinker, and paves the way for a <italic>rapprochement</italic> between his work and the broader phenomenological tradition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PHENOMENOLOGY
PHILOSOPHERS
MODERN philosophy
METAPHYSICS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00855553
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Research in Phenomenology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128254854
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15691640-12341386