The objetive of the present work is to present the notion of behavior with basis on Merleau-Ponty's of "The Structure of Behavior". The notion of structure plays a double role in that work: it allows understanding both the integration and the ruptures between the different order of phenomena (physical, vital and human), as well as apprehending conscience in situation, as the emergence of a sense anterior to the conscience of self and of the world. The passage from vital order to symbolic or human order, and Merleau-Ponty's criticism to Bergson, who would have biologized the phenomenon of human culture, are highlighted.
Merleau-Ponty; Fenomenology; Behavior; Structure