Merleau-Ponty point of view versus Intellectualism on one example.
PEP ASKS In the following example put by Maurice Merleau-Ponty in his book Phenomenology of perception: "d. A large cardboard box appears heavier to me than a small box made of the same cardboard and, limiting myself to phenomena, I would say that in advance I sense it as heavier in my hand. But intellectualism defines sensing as the action of a real stimulus upon my body. Since there is no real stimulus here, it will thus be necessary to say that the box is not sensed, but judged to be heavier, and this example that appeared ready-made for showing the sensible appearance of the illusion serves, on the contrary, to show that there is no sensible knowledge and that one senses insofar as one judges." I do not see why this example appeared ready-made for showing the sensible appearance of the illusion. Can you help me to understand? CHAT GPT ANSWERS In this passage from Phenomenology of Perception, Merleau-Ponty is contrasting the perspectives of "intellectualism" a...