Human person and community

Dialectic of maximum openness and individuality in nature

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https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2025.32.19676

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Person, community, openness, individuality

Abstract

In the context of nature, the person appears as a novelty that combines both openness to what is different from itself, to such an extent that to understand it we must account for the way in which interpersonal relationships influence the configuration of its existence, and absolute individuality, so that no one can be replaced by another. This article analyzes some anthropological areas to show that in the human being this dialectic of apparently irreconcilable opposites is essential. For this analysis I will elaborate an interpretation in the light of the proposals of Edith Stein, Dan Zahavi and Francisco Leocata. The Husserlian tradition can be understood in such a way as to favor an explanation of both the individual and openness to others, without the person being phagocytized by the totality and without the communitarian being relegated to a mere accessory of the human constitution. Thus, in the first place, I will analyze how community life impacts on the openness of the human being to all that exists and, secondly, I will develop how this openness claims as its foundation a mode of being that cannot be dissolved in the totality, but is constituted as a strong individuality or the maximum possible of nature.

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  • Pablo Emanuel García, Universidad de Montevideo

    Professor and Bachelor of Philosophy from the Catholic University of Argentina and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Navarra. He is currently director of the Department of Philosophy and coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree in Humanities at the University of Montevideo (Uruguay). There he teaches History of Contemporary Philosophy, Anthropology, Philosophy of Mind and Thesis Workshop. He is also accredited as a researcher by the National Agency for Research and Innovation of Uruguay (ANII). He is the author of the book Conciencia y yo en la fenomenología de la mente de Dan Zahavi (EUNSA, 2021) and several specialized and popular articles. His area of specialization is the phenomenological perspective within the philosophy of mind debates.

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2025-03-01

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Vol. 32 (2025): Prometeica - v 32 (03/2025 - 12/2025)

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García, P. E. (2025). Human person and community: Dialectic of maximum openness and individuality in nature. Prometeica - Journal of Philosophy and Science, 32, e19676 (1-11). https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2025.32.19676
Received 2024-11-03
Accepted 2025-01-07
Published 2025-03-01