0008 Why are Catholic philosophers interested in phenomenology?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Comments on Joseph Trabbic’s Essay (2021) “Jean Luc Marion and … First Philosophy”, <\/em>a second incentive is proposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0009 If phenomenology situates science, then what puts phenomenology into perspective?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0010 In 1995, the French Catholic phenomenologist, Jean-Luc Marion, comes very close to naming that “what”. “What” coincides with the givenness of things themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0011 Marion’s identification of givenness offers an opportunity for Catholic philosophers. But, the concerns of the positivist intellect<\/em> remain. The positivist intellect rules out metaphysics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As far as science is concerned, givenness is irrelevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0012 But, there is a twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The naming of givenness<\/em> illuminates the potential underlying phenomenological reduction<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The noumenon1a<\/sub>, the thing itself1a<\/sub><\/em>, is a mind-independent being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The noumenon1b<\/sub>, what the thing itself1a<\/sub> must be1b<\/sub><\/em>, is a mind-dependent being, that one can take to be mind-independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0013 Does that reflect the awkward nature of givenness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n One can give, with no expectation for return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can one take, with no expectation of reciprocity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can the gift be given, even when the giver and the recipient are nowhere to be found?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 0008 Why are Catholic philosophers interested in phenomenology? In Comments on Joseph Trabbic’s Essay (2021) “Jean Luc Marion and … First Philosophy”, a second incentive is proposed. 0009 If phenomenology situates science, then what puts phenomenology into perspective? 0010 In 1995, the French Catholic phenomenologist, Jean-Luc Marion, comes very close to naming that “what”. “What” coincides with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,187],"tags":[59,39,180,55,179,124,190,191,33],"class_list":["post-5143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peirce-and-aquinas","category-phenomenology","tag-aquinas","tag-category-based-nested-form","tag-husserl","tag-interscope","tag-phenomenology","tag-philosophy","tag-social-science","tag-species-expressa","tag-thomism"],"yoast_head":"\n