Maurice Merleau-Ponty · 1945
Phenomenology of Perception
- Original title
- Phénoménologie de la perception
- Language
- French
- Form
- Treatise
- Text
- In copyright
- English
- No English translation · English translation by Colin Smith (1962), not public domain.
- Selected
- Ben Breen, 2026-09-29; suggested by Claude research agents, 29 Sep 2026
- Status
- Arguments unverified; quotations chosen by machine, unchecked
Q37EXTENSION
Should tools used to perform bodily functions be understood as parts of the human body?Yes. The blind man's cane stops being an object in his hand and becomes an extension of his bodily reach; habit incorporates the tool into the body schema.
Wikipedia entry; secondary accounts (PhilArchive paper) of the blind man's stick example.