Marion and Phenomenology

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Jean-Luc Marion has moved phenomenology in new directions with his development of the notion of saturated phenomenon. Criticizing the grounding of phenomenology in objects (Husserl) and Being (Heidegger), and building from insights of Derrida and Merleau-Ponty, he posits the principle that ?the more reduction, the more givenness.? On this basis he does a phenomenology of ?being given? that is far more receptive to what is nonintuitive, in excess of conceptuality, and theological. The course will explore the genesis of saturated phenomenon, the problem of epistemology that it engenders, and how it has been taken up by theologians both positively (Henri, Mackinlay, Chrétian) and critically (Janicaud). It is strongly recommended that any students enrolling in this class have completed at least two Philosophy courses before it begins.