{"product_id":"the-possibility-of-philosophy-course-notes-from-the-collzuge-de-france-1959-1961-9780810144538","title":"The Possibility of Philosophy: Course Notes from the Collège de France, 1959-1961","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Possibility of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e presents the notes that Maurice Merleau-Ponty prepared for three courses he taught at the Collège de France: \"The Possibility of Philosophy Today,\" given in the spring semester of 1959, and \"Cartesian Ontology and Ontology Today\" and \"Philosophy and Nonphilosophy since Hegel,\" both given in the spring semester of 1961. The last two courses remain incomplete due to Merleau-Ponty's unexpected death on May 3, 1961. Nonetheless, they provide indications of the new ontology that informed \u003ci\u003eThe Visible and the Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e, a posthumously published work that was under way at the same time. These courses offer readers of Merleau-Ponty's late thought a wealth of references--to painting, literature, and psychoanalysis, and to the works of Husserl, Heidegger, Descartes, Hegel, and Marx--that fill in some of the missing pieces of \u003ci\u003eThe Visible and the Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e, especially its often terse and sometimes cryptic working notes. We see more clearly how Merleau-Ponty's attempt to bring forth a new ontology indicates a fundamental revision in what it means to think, an attempt to reimagine the possibility of philosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY\u003c\/b\u003e (1908-1961) is the author of \u003ci\u003eAdventures of the Dialectic\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eChild Psychology and Pedagogy: The Sorbonne Lectures, 1949-1952\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eConsciousness and the Acquisition of Language\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Philosophy and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eInstitution and Passivity: Course Notes from the Coll?ge de France (1954-1955)\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNature: Course Notes from the Coll?ge de France\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Primacy of Perception: And Other Essays on Phenomenological Psychology, the Philosophy of Art, History, and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Prose of the World\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSense and Non-Sense\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Sensible World and the World of Expression: Course Notes from the Coll?ge de France, 1953\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSigns\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Visible and the Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Northwestern University Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKEITH WHITMOYER\u003c\/b\u003e is an adjunct assistant professor at the New York City College of Technology, Pace University, and the School of Visual Arts. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Ontological Lateness: Merleau-Ponty and the Tasks of Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50861966360850,"sku":"9780810144538","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_50b0a6e1-cd86-4d50-beee-c529ac6262d6.jpg?v=1737609026","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-possibility-of-philosophy-course-notes-from-the-collzuge-de-france-1959-1961-9780810144538","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}