Dr. Douglas Beck Low, PhD
Publications and Web Posts
Books In Defense of Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy. New Brunswick, Transaction Publishers, 2016
Merleau-Ponty in Contemporary Context: Philosophy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. New Brunswick, Transaction Publishers, 2013.
Merleau-Ponty’s Last Vision: A Proposal for the Completion of the Visible and the Invisible. Evanston, Northwestern University Press, 2000.
The Existential Dialectic of Marx and Merleau-Ponty. New York, Peter Lang Publishers, 1987.
Journal Articles
"Merleau-Ponty's Lectures on Heidegger." Research in Phenomenology; forthcoming.
"Merleau-Ponty on Race, Gender, and Anti-Semitism." International Philosophical Quarterly, Online First, published June 22, 2019. DOI: 10.5840/ipq2019621132. Print version: International Philosophical Quarterly 59, No. 3 (September, 2019): 257-275.
"Merleau-Ponty on Causality." Human Studies 38, No. 3 (2015): 349-376. DOI 10.1007/s10746-015-9358-0
"Further Considerations of Alienation." Philosophy Today 58 (Spring 2014): 241-263.
"Merleau-Ponty and Transcendental Philosophy." Philosophy Today 57 (Summer 2013): 279-294.
"Merleau-Ponty, Ontology, and Ethics." Philosophy Today 56 (Spring 2012): 59-77.
"Merleau-Ponty's Enchanted Nature." Phenomenological Inquiry 35 (October 2011): 49-90.
"Hegel and Merleau-Ponty on Modernism and Postmodernism." International Philosophical Quarterly 50, no.3 (2010): 309-321.
"Merleau-Ponty and a Reconsideration of Alienation." Philosophy Today 54 (Summer 2010): 199-211.
"Merleau-Ponty's Corpus: A Philosophy and Politics for the 21st Century." Journal of Philosophical Research 34 (2009): 391-436.
"Merleau-Ponty's Criticism of Heidegger." Philosophy Today 53 (Fall 2009): 273-293.
"The Body of Merleau-Ponty's Work as a Developing Whole." International Philosophical Quarterly 49, no. 2 (2009): 207-227.
"Merleau-Ponty and Postmodernism." Phenomenological Inquiry 32 (2008): 63-92.
"Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy: Method and Ground, A Comprehensive Overview." Phenomenological Inquiry 31 (2007): 51-89.
"Merleau-Ponty's Criticism of Derrida." Phenomenological Inquiry 30 (2006): 78-91. "Merleau-Ponty Between Sartre and Postmodernism." Journal of Philosophical Research 31 (2006): 343- 360.
"The Continuing Relevance of The Structure of Behavior." International Philosophical Quarterly 44, no.3 (2004): 411-430.
"Merleau-Ponty on Scientific Revolutions." Philosophy Today 46 (Winter 2002): 373-383.
"Merleau-Ponty’s Critique of Modernism and Postmodernism." Philosophy Today 46 (Spring 2002): 60- 69.
"Merleau-Ponty’s Criticism of Phenomenology of Perception." International Studies in Philosophy 34, no.1 (2002): 81-111.
"Moral Conflict for the Film Librarian." Journal of Information Ethics 11 (Fall 2002): 33-45.
"Merleau-Ponty on Truth, Language and Value." Philosophy Today 45 (Spring 2001): 69-76.
"Merleau-Ponty and the Liberal/Communitarian Debate." Journal of Philosophical Research 22 (1997): 357-386.
"Merleau-Ponty and the Foundations of Multiculturalism." Journal of Philosophical Research 21 (1996): 377-390.
"The Foundations of Merleau-Ponty's Ethical Theory." Human Studies 17 (1994): 173-187.
"Merleau-Ponty's Concept of Reason." Journal of Philosophical Research 19 (1994): 109-125.
"The Continuity Between Merleau-Ponty's Early and Late Philosophy of Language." Journal of Philosophical Research 27 (1992): 287-311.
"Merleau-Ponty's Intertwined Notions of Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity." International Studies in Philosophy 24, no.3 (1992): 45-64.
"The Existential Dialectic of Marx and Merleau-Ponty." Philosophy Research Archives 11 (1986): 491-511.
Book Chapters "Marx and the Concept of the Individual." Invited paper, Conference on the Individual in Western Civilization, Coppin State College, Baltimore, Maryland. March 1986. Papers were selected from the proceedings for publication in book form, edited by Carroll, Furlong, Mann and entitled The Quest of the Individual: Roots of Western Civilization, New York, Peter Lang Publishers, 1990, pp. 307-327.
MANUSCRIPTS DEALING WITH ALIENATION (ALIENATION TRILOGY. RE-CITING WORKS ALREADY CITED ABOVE.)
• "Marx, Baudrillard and Merleau-Ponty on Alienation," in In Defense of Phenomenology Merleau- Ponty's Philosophy, New Brunswick, Transaction Publishers, 2016.
• "Further Considerations of Alienation." Philosophy Today 58 (Spring 2014): 241-263.
• "Merleau-Ponty and a Reconsideration of Alienation." Philosophy Today 54 (Summer 2010): 199- 211. BOOK ONLINE
MERLEAU-PONTY: ISSUES AND PHILOSOPHERS: AN EXPOSITION 2018
o Complete Book Single Download Front Matter
o Cover, Dedication and Foreword, Table of Contents, Introduction Chapters
o Chapter 1. Merleau-Ponty on the Mind Body Problem
o Chapter 2. Merleau-Ponty on the Perception Language Relationship
o Chapter 3. Merleau-Ponty's Relationship to Husserl's Philosophy
o Chapter 4. Merleau-Ponty's Criticism of Heidegger: A Brief Note
o Chapter 5. Merleau-Ponty's Criticism of Sartre's Philosophy
o Chapter 6. Merleau-Ponty on Modernism, Structure, and Postmodernism Back Matter
o Endnotes, Bibliography, About the Author
PUBLIC CONCERNS & PUBLIC WRITINGS (UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS RELEASED ONLINE)
• "Merleau-Ponty on the Relationship between Phenomenology and Science" October 2020
• "Merleau-Ponty: Real vs. Fake, True vs. False" January 2020
• "Criticism of J.S. Mill and the Laissez-Faire Market" December 2019
o Appendix I - "Is the Free Market Free?" (Analysis of comments made by billionaire capitalist Nick Hanauer.)
o Appendix II - "Economic Distribution and Starvation" (Analysis of and comments on current figures.)
o Appendix III - "Capitalism, the Environment and Climate Change" (Greta Thunberg comments.)
• "Merleau-Ponty's Criticism of Analytic Philosophy" April 2018
• "Merleau-Ponty and Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition" May 2016
• "Politics and Class in the United States: The Assault on the Middle Class and the Poor" March 2011 (Revised September 2017) • "The Relevancy of Merleau-Ponty's Political Theory" May 2003 (Revised October 2019)
MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY BIOGRAPHY
• "Selected biographical information about Maurice Merleau-Ponty"
STUDENT GUIDES ONLINE
• Student Guide to Critical Thinking
• Evaluating Advertisements and Mass Media Images
INTERVIEW
• The Significance of Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• Résumé