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Merleau-Ponty argues that perception is the primary way of access to the world and knowledge; it is the foundation of experience upon which all other cognitive processes are built.

An experience that occurs below the level of intellectual reflection; it involves an immediate awareness or perception that has not yet been processed by reflective thought.

A pre-reflective, bodily intentionality that is manifest in an individual's spontaneous and skillful engagement with their environment.

The concept that our mind is not just linked to our body, but that our body is essential to our mind's functioning and to how we experience the world.

The concept that one's body is not merely an object, but a living presence that is engaged and interacts with the world in an immediate way.

A dynamic system of sensory-motor capabilities that enables the body to function as a coherent, integrated unit without reflective thought.

The idea that consciousness is always 'about' something, or directed toward an object, meaning that there is no perception without something being perceived.

A metaphor Merleau-Ponty uses to express the deep intertwinement between our experiencing bodies and the world, suggesting that body and world are two sides of the same being.

The mutual constitution of self and other through the embodied interaction between subjects, grounding the possibility of understanding others.