Behavior Dimension In Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenological Aesthetics

Behavior is common phenomenon in life; people express themselves through behaviors. This paper shows that the concept of behavior gives unity to whole of Merleau-ponty's works, and pointes out the phenomenology in nature is a way of behavior which riches the meaning of behavior and expands the field of behavior. The three themes of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy, perception, physical and art are inextricably linked with behavior. First of all, Merleau-Ponty affirmed the perception of the first, opened a perception level of behavior. He made sense of the overall and coexistence of perception in the context of behavior, indirectly expanding the area of behavior. Secondly, Merleau-Ponty presented the fleshish quality of behavior in description of the phenomenon of the body. Thirdly, arts as a strong expression of the perception, are constantly updating the way of how people see the world and the patterns of people's behaviors, finally establish a way of viewing which based on body movement. The end of article pointed out that Merleau-Ponty chose perception as a special angle to solve the problem of Unity of Knowing and Doing, and noted that he established a phenomenon platform for behavior research which can accommodate both art and science.