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The Possibility of Philosophy 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 The Visible and the Invisible, 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 The Visible and the Invisible, 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.
Contents
Foreword by Claude Lefort
Editorial Note to the French Edition
Translator's Note
1959 Course: The Possibility of Philosophy Today
[Overview]
I. Our State of Nonphilosophy
II. Philosophy in the Face of this Non-Philosophy
[A] Husserl: philosophy as a problem
[B.] Heidegger: philosophy as a problem
[Supplements]
1960-1961 Courses:
Cartesian Ontology and Ontology Today
[Our Question Today]
I. Fundamental Thought in Art
II. Descartes
Philosophy and Nonphilosophy Since Hegel
[Introduction by Claude Lefort]
[Hegel]
[Marx]***
Appendixes
Draft of a Chapter from The Visible and the Invisible
Supplementary Materials for the 1958-1959 Course
Supplementary Materials for the 1960-1961 Course:
Bibliography
Index
