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Motor intentionality

Merleau-Ponty says the body connects to the world not in the mode of 'I think' but in the mode of 'I can'. On seeing a door handle, our hand is already shaped to grasp it; no conscious decision is needed. The body works out meaning through action before thought. This is called motor intentionality.

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