book
Phenomenology of Perception
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. Phenomenology of Perception. Translated by Donald A. Landes. London: Routledge, 2012.
Why this matters here
Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception argues that perception is already embodied and structured—we encounter a meaningful world before reflective analysis finishes assembling it. After Certainty draws on that account when asking when further interpretation stops revealing and starts only reorganizing what is already visible enough for care. The phenomenology is Merleau-Ponty’s; the book’s question is when discernment requires acting without pretending the account is complete.
