Foucault, Marion and the irreducibility of the human person
Joshua Taccolini
Quién : December 1, 2023 DOI: 10.69873/aep.vi18.4 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Intuition Phenomenology philosophy Michel foucault Epistemology Persona Psychoanalysis |
| Key points | Argues that Jean-Luc Marion's 'gift' phenomenology provides a more compelling account of personality than Michel Foucault's work, especially given the personalist intuition that persons are irreducible. |
Abstract
I analyze the works of Michel Foucault and Jean-Luc Marion on the nature of the person and the self. I find Marion's “gift” phenomenology to be a more compelling account of personality, especially given an intuition widely shared by personalist philosophers, namely, that persons are irreducible. I conclude by responding to the objections of the Christian philosophical tradition.