The Five Senses: A Philosophy of Mingled Bodies
by Michel Serres
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Marginalized by the scientific age with its metaphysical and philosophical systems, the lessons of the senses have been overtaken by the dominance of language and the information revolution. . Exploring the deleterious effects of the systematic downgrading of the senses in Western philosophy, Michel Serres GC ?o member of the Acade mie franc ?aise and one of France's leading philosophers GC ?o traces a topology of human perception. Writing against the Cartesian tradition and in praise of show more empiricism, he demonstrates repeatedly, and lyrically, the sterility of systems of knowledge divorced from bodily show lessTags
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Michel Serres diffuse les saveurs de sa langue savante, pour nous apprendre à trouver la fine fleur ,avec Hermès, la Dame à la licorne, le nu au miroir de Bonnard ...
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Michel Serres (1930-2019) was Professor in the History of Science at Stanford University, USA and a member of the Acadmie Franaise, France. A renowned and popular philosopher, he was a prize-winning author of a number of books, such as The Five Senses (2008) and Eyes (2015), both published by Bloomsbury. Randolph Burks is a philosopher show more specializing in phenomenology and philosophies of the body and nature. He has translated several works by Michel Serres, including The Incandescent (2018) and Hominescence (2019), both published by Bloomsbury. show less
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