PHIL 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Reductionism, List Of Muppets, Physicalism
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In some ways, we can see our bodies as objects, but they are not objects like other objects in the world. The visual relationship to our bodies is different than the visual relationship to other objects: example. Seeing oneself in the mirror is a way in which people are unable to see a wide variety of persepctives. Observation presupposes something that cannot itself be fully observed. It"s not just something we observe, but it"s something we use in order to observe. Merleau-ponty"s claim is that starting from position, humans can build labs, use natural sciences, and whatnot. But starting from lived experienced, science is a second-order expression. : example. In the scientific approach to time, each second is equal and measured. In lived time, time is much more fluid. His paper what is it like to be a bat? made a difference in english-language philosophy when published in 1974.
