梅洛龐蒂是法國現象學的代表人物之一。本課程選讀《符號》一書，以索緒爾的語言學為出發點，反思何謂語言的原始作用，並通過此源頭的回溯，重新理解語言及其意義。對梅洛龐蒂而言，思想通過語言而存在，通過言說而實踐自身，因而語言絕非僅止於思想的工具或代碼，相反的，語言與思想相互入侵，彼此依賴，由是，除了目光與思想之間的混搭侵越之外，梅洛龐蒂將語言一併織入前二者，並由是開放身體的零度在場。本課程通過經典閱讀，訓練分析文本的能力與建構問題化思考的能力。

Merleau-Ponty is one of the representatives of French phenomenology. This course reads the book "Signs", taking Saussure's linguistics as the starting point to reflect on the original function of language, and by tracing back to this source, re-understand language and its meaning. For Merleau-Ponty, thought exists through language and practices itself through speaking. Therefore, language is by no means just a tool or code for thought. On the contrary, language and thought invade and depend on each other. Therefore, in addition to the mashup and invasion between gaze and thought, Merleau-Ponty weaves language into the first two, and it is the zero-degree presence of the open body. This course trains the ability to analyze texts and construct problem-based thinking through classic reading.

梅洛龐蒂著《符號》，北京：商務。
Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Signes. Paris: Gallimard.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Signs. Evanston: Northwestern University Press.

Merleau-Ponty, "Signs", Beijing: Business.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Signes. Paris: Gallimard.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Signs. Evanston: Northwestern University Press.