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March 13, 2006

Back from traveling

I’ve been traveling for a couple of weeks and so haven’t been able to attend to the blog as carefully as I’d like. But I’m back now and am gratified to see the level of activity in the comments. From a quick perusal I can see that not everyone is so sympathetic to my views. That’s fine - indeed it’s the people who disagree with me that I’ll likely have the most to learn from! I look forward to going through the comments carefully, and will try to write some responses over the next few days. I may not get to respond to everything, but I’ll try. In the meantime, I’ll also try to put up some new substantive posts, and will look forward to further comments.

January 31, 2006

Welcome

Welcome to Seeing Things. This is a blog devoted to the philosophy, phenomenology, and cognitive neuroscience of perception. At least that’s what I expect it will become. It’s inspiration, however, comes from a much narrower need. I have been commissioned by Routledge to produce a new translation of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Phénoménologie de la Perception, and I’m hoping this will be a useful aid. In particular, I plan to use the blog to make reports on my progress, to solicit feedback from knowledgeable readers, and just plain to ask for help. More details on extended…

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