Phenomenology of perception

'' ^ V4-^'"fVTHE LIBRARYOFTHE UNIVERSITYOF CALIFORNIALOSANGELESPHENOMENOLOGY OF PERCEPTIONInternational Library PhilosophyofMethodand ScientificEDITOR: TED HONDERICHWILLIAMSADVISORY EDITOR: BERNARDA Catalogue of books already published in theInternational Library Philosophy and Scientific Methodofwill found at the end of this volume.bePHENOMENOLOGYOF PERCEPTIONbyM. Merleau-Pontytranslated from the French byColin SmithLONDON AND HENLEYROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAULNEW JERSEY : THE HUMANITIES PRESSTranslatedfrom the FrenchPHENOM^NOLOGIE DE LA PERCEPTIONFirst published in England in 1962by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd39 Store StreetLondon WCIE 7DD andBroadway NewtownHouse, RoadHenley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9 lENReprinted 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1976 and 1978Printed Britainin Great byRedwood Burn LimitedTrowbridge Esher&English translationRoutledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1962©Translation revisions incorporated in thisedition supplied by Forrest Williams,Professor Philosophy, University Coloradoof ofNo part this book may be reproducedofin anyform without permissionfromthe publisher, except the quotationforbriefpassages in criticismofISBN 7100 3613 2CollegQlibrary;&M5Hlpb•'"^CONTENTSPreface page viiINTRODUCTION: TRADITIONAL PREJUDICESAND THE RETURN TO PHENOMENA1 The 'Sensation' as a Unit of Experience 32 'Association' and the 'Projection of Memories' 133 'Attention' and 'Judgement' 264 The Phenomenal Field 52PART ONE: THE ...