Phenomenology and ontology in Merleau-Ponty\' s work

Author(s)

Marcus Sacrini Ayres Ferraz

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2008-04-18

Examining board members

Carlos Alberto Ribeiro de Moura; Luiz Damon Santos Moutinho; Débora Cristina Morato Pinto; Franklin Leopoldo e Silva; Marcio Suzuki

• Advisor: Carlos Alberto Ribeiro de Moura

Abstract

In this work, we aim at showing and evaluating Merleau-Ponty\'s different conceptions of being held in his career. First, we make explicit the ontological conception included in his book Phenomenology of Perception, and we judge that such conception is committed to idealistic consequences. Then, we set forth how Merleau- Ponty outlines, in his final texts, a non-idealistic conception of being, which acknowledges that what there is exceeds what appears. (AU)