A number of recent movements in cognitive science have been inspired by Merleau-Pontys philosophy of perception, and his work is often used to provide philosophical support for post-cognitivist accounts of perception. Drawing on the work of Hubert Dreyfus, Francisco Varela, Shuan Gallagher and Charles Taylor, Tauber critically examines the psychological and philosophical aspects of this reception, and clarifies the difference between connectionist and enactivist readings. These readings often assume that Merleau-Pontys interest in Gestalt psychology signals a break from Husserls...