"This scintillating text offers two books for the price of one: not only does it offer an insightful and innovative reading of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy, early and late, but it also establishes David Morris as an original voice to be heard in its own right. The reader is provided with a rich panoply of new ways of finding sense embedded in experience and in being, and all this in the context of a phenomenology of nature, a new model of 'development' of life and the cosmos, and an inaugural notion of "templacement" that surpasses earlier discussions of space and time and is shown to be the foundation of a radically new ontology. The result is a tour de force in which contemporary immunology and biology and cosmic theory join forces with Merleau-Ponty's final search for 'wild being.' This is one of the most exciting, intellectually engaging, and profound books of our time." --Edward S. Casey, author of The World on Edge " Morris's thorough work represents some of the very best in contemporary scholarship in Merleau-Ponty. His lucid and pedagogical style is at once light and humorful with personal asides, while also being philosophically rich, rigorous, and engaging. Not only will any reader--from the newcomer to the well-seasoned scholar--gain fresh insight into Merleau-Ponty, but they will also witness the unfolding of a new ontology from a boldly original, well-spoken thinker.

" -- Journal of the Pacific Association for the Continental Tradition "The overall argument amounts to a transcendental elucidation of the underlying ontological conditions that make sense possible . Morris's book is an outstanding contribution that raises the bar of Merleau-Ponty scholarship in a way that will undoubtedly inspire and enable much further excellent work." --Bryan Smyth, The Review of Metaphysics "Morris's book is original and imaginative, and it does not assume familiarity with scholarly debates. It bears on discussions in object-oriented ontology, recent Continental philosophy of time, nature, and biology, and embodied/enactive approaches to cognitive science. Required reading for specialists but also an excellent guide for the relatively uninitiated. Highly recommended." -- Choice.