NLM History Lecture - Merleau-Ponty, Descartes, and the Meaning of Painting

Using materials from the historical collection of the National Library of Medicine, Dr. Adams will explore the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s critique of René Descartes’s theory of vision.Dr. Adams’ talk is co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the NLM/NEH partnership to collaborate on research, education, and career initiatives. Author: William D. Adams, PhD, Former Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Former President, Colby College Air date: Thursday, June 23, 2022, 2:00:00 PM NLM History Talks promote awareness and use of NLM and related historical collections for research, education, and public service in biomedicine, the social sciences, and the humanities. The series also supports the commitment of the NLM to recognize the diversity of its collections—which span ten centuries, encompass a range of digital and physical formats, and originate from nearly every part of the globe—and to foreground the voices of people of color, women, and individuals of a variety of cultural and disciplinary backgrounds who value these collections and use them to advance their research, teaching, and learning. Learn more at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/lectures/....