The Structure of Behaviour
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Beacon Press
Translator's Preface
Foreword by John Wild
A Philosophy of the Ambiguous by Alphonse De Waelhens
Introduction
I. Reflex Behavior
Introduction
The Classical Conception of the Reflex and Its Auxiliary Hypotheses
The Interpretation of the Reflex in Gestalt Theory
Conclusion
II. Higher Forms of Behavior
Pavlov's Reflexology and Its Postulates
The "Central Sector" of Behavior and the Problem of Localizations
The Structures of Behavior
Conclusion
III. The Physical Order; The Vital Order; The Human Order
Introduction
Structure in Physics
Vital Structures
The Human Order
Conclusion
IV. The Relations of the Soul and the Body and the Problem of Perceptual Consciousness
The Classical Solutions
Is There Not a Truth of Naturalism?
Conclusion
Notes
Studies Cited in This Work
Index of Authors Cited