Unveiling Marion's Notion of Truth
Andreas Gonçalves Lind
The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy October 21, 2026 DOI: 10.4324/9781042011384-17 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that Marion's phenomenology replaces the Greek model of truth as unveiling by the subject with truth as an apocalyptic manifestation from elsewhere that exceeds and constitutes the subject, and that this framing yields a new phenomenological realism based on openness to external revelation. |
Abstract
Marion’s phenomenology reveals a notion of truth that contrasts with the Greek concept of alētheia , where truth is unveiled through the subject’s faculties. Instead, Marion conceives of truth as a manifestation from elsewhere, reminiscent of biblical apocalypses . Here, truth surpasses the subject’s capacities, highlighting a profound disproportion between what is revealed and what can be comprehended. As a “saturated phenomenon,” this type of truth is neither produced nor constructed by the subject but instead constitutes it. By framing truth as apocalypses , Marion’s phenomenology advances a new form of phenomenological realism rooted in the subject’s openness to external revelation.