Phenomenology of Birth: Selfhood, Horizon, and Anteriority
Research in Phenomenology May 12, 2026 Espen Dahl
Abstract Being born is an undeniable fact of every human life, yet it seems that one’s birth evades any direct phenomenological access. Motivated by this problem, this article proceeds in three main steps. It first examines the problem of birth from the first-person perspective, where birth appears as both presupposed and inaccessible. The second step reverses the perspective by approaching...