Structure in Merleau-Ponty and the conciliation between unity and difference

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  • Alex Moura Professor, Departamento de Filosofia, USP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37067/rpfc.v14i2.1271

Keywords:

Structure, Unity, Difference, Person, Development

Abstract

In this article, we intend to work on the hypothesis that the notion of structure, proposed by Merleau-Ponty, allows us to conceive of an intrinsic articulation between the ideas of development and person – in more general terms, between unity and difference. In this sense, it allows us to make explicit a common dimension between the unity implied in the configuration of personality and the change implied in the configuration of development. Furthermore, as we will see, it highlights the primary reversibility that makes both reciprocally constitutive.

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Author Biography

Alex Moura, Professor, Departamento de Filosofia, USP

Possui graduação, mestrado, doutorado e pós-doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). É Professor doutor da Universidade de São Paulo, membro de corpo editorial da AFRICA (0001--972) e Membro de corpo editorial da Revista Phainomenon.

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Published

2025-12-12

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2025): Edição especial

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