Based on studies of the science of his time, Merleau-Ponty questions about the analysis on the nervous system and the classical postulates on the conduct of the electrical impulse, about the reflect circuit, involving stimulation and response, about the perceptual field and about the question of brain location, being insufficient to match point, like the atomist tradition use to defend, among the exciting, the brain map and the reaction. This review leads to a new understanding of perception that is closer to the contemporary cognitive science. This article, a result of theoretical study on the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty, aims to present this review on the conceptual understanding, dialogue with the art and science, setting notions and concepts around a phenomenology of knowledge.
perception; phenomenology; body; knowledge; science