Interpersonal experience as a phenomenon that transcends objectivity in Jean-Luc Marion

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https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2025.32.19730

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donation, saturated phenomenon, birth, theological turn, Marion

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This article examines Jean-Luc Marion's phenomenology of givenness as a conceptual framework for understanding interpersonal experience. The research maintains that the experience of the other constitutes a "saturated phenomenon" that transcends traditional objective categories. Marion develops a critique of classical phenomenology for its tendency to objectify phenomena, proposing instead a phenomenology where the phenomenon manifests itself without requiring a giving agent. The phenomenon of birth is analyzed as a paradigmatic case of "saturated phenomenon" that evidences our condition as "given beings." In response to Dominique Janicaud's criticism regarding the alleged theological infiltration in this phenomenological proposal, Marion develops the "triple phenomenological reduction" to purify the concept of givenness from causal or theological elements. However, this methodology has generated objections regarding its practical viability, risks of solipsism, loss of meaningful content, and inattention to the ethical dimension. Despite these limitations, the phenomenology of givenness constitutes a significant contribution to reconfiguring the understanding of ethics and intersubjective experience.

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  • Juan Assirio, Universidad Austral

    He is a Professor of Philosophy and holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Navarra. He is the author of the book Paternity and Filiation according to Leonardo Polo, published by Sindéresis. He is an Associate Research Professor of Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics at the School of Law and the School of Education of Universidad Austral. His main research interest is the anthropological foundations of interpersonal relationships, especially in areas such as education, behavioral sciences, and leadership action.

    Currently, he is the Principal Investigator of the project "The Philosophical Foundations of the Reciprocating Self" (Institute of Philosophy, Universidad Austral, 2023-2025), funded by the J. Templeton Foundation. He is also an Associate Researcher for the project "The Philosophy of Education of Leonardo Polo" at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Navarra.

    Since 2018, he has been the Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Educational Organization and Management and a Professor of Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics in undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the School of Education and the School of Law of Universidad Austral.

    He frequently travels as a guest professor to various universities in the region: UPAEP, Mexico; Universidad Panamericana, Mexico; Universidad de los Hemisferios, Ecuador; Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia; UCSF, Argentina.

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Assirio, J. (2025). Interpersonal experience as a phenomenon that transcends objectivity in Jean-Luc Marion. Prometeica - Journal of Philosophy and Science, 32, e19730 (1-13). https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2025.32.19730
Received 2024-11-15
Accepted 2025-02-13
Published 2025-03-01