Metodologia cunoașterii filosofice – perceptivismul fenomenologic
The methodology of philosophical knowledge – the phenomenological perceptivism

Summary/Abstract: Perceptivism is an approach to perception and our relationship with the world, one that rejects traditional dualistic conceptions and emphasizes the indissoluble unity between body, world, and consciousness. Maurice Merleau-Ponty is one of the most important thinkers of the 20 th century, known for his works in phenomenology, with his most famous work being Phenomenology of Perception. This seminal work invites us to reconsider the way we perceive the world. At its core, perceptivism holds that perception is not a passive process in which the subject merely acknowledges the existence of the external world. Merleau-Ponty rigorously argues that perception is an active cognitive act through which our relationship with external reality is constituted. This relationship is not limited to perceptual information but represents a bodily and intuitive understanding of the world (as the French author expresses it) – a form of preliminary knowledge that precedes and supports conceptual reflection. Influenced by the psychological advancements of his time, Merleau-Ponty explains that perception is inherently subjective, as it cannot be separated from the body and the individual’s psychological system. Thus, the body acquires the role of a medium through which we experience reality – it becomes a bridge between ourselves and the world. Our body is part of the world, facilitating our knowledge of it and our integration into it.

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