The “end of metaphysics” as a possibility

Existentialism centres reflection upon the bodily existence of the human person. Generally, however, theological anthropology has struggled to manage developments in biological and psychological sciences that have made clear the pluriformity of human embodiment. The work of the social sciences has also increased the visibility of minority, disadvantaged, or neglected persons. Theological anthropology must begin to conceive of an inclusive, non-static understanding of human nature that fully acknowledges the integrity and the diverse identities of the human subject. To riposte, this article utilises the interplay between phenomenology and theology in the work of the contemporary philosopher-theologian Jean-Luc Marion. Marion undeniably sees the root of the human in the concrete free person; he recognises an ever-receding, indefinable horizon towards which the incomprehensible existence of the subjective phenomenon is universally oriented. In this article I focus on how a combination of the theology of the subject and its existential orientation, realised through the freedom of incomprehensibility à la Marion, may provide a dynamic basis for understanding human nature at a time when subjective diversity is ever more asserted.

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Jean-Luc Marion – Den ubetingede gave

Thomassen¹

2006

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Jean-Luc Marion (f. 1946) -fransk filosof, filosofihistoriker, fenomenolog og teolog -tilhører den første generasjonen franske filosofer som fra starten av sin skolering er formet av den såkalt «postmoderne» filosofi. For studentene på slutten av 60-tallet var postmodernismens tema og tilnaermingsmåter del av barnelaerdommen. I denne inngikk et kritisk oppgjør med den vestlige filosofiens klassiske metafysikk og en trening i filosofiske tenkemåter som ville vise at denne metafysikken nå var et avsluttet kapittel. Metafysikk-kritikken i kontinental filosofi, fra Nietzsche via Heidegger til Levinas og Derrida, kan sies først og fremst å ville bryte med den tradisjonelle metafysikkens funderingsprosjekt: dens søken etter en ytterste grunn eller årsak, et endelig, universelt og uforanderlig fundament for å erkjenne det vaerende. Ikke minst modernitetens ankerfester for sannhet og viten underlegges kritikk: Mot oppfatninger av et stabilt og autonomt subjekt som utgangspunkt for erkjennelse og en universell fornuft som garant for absolutt sannhet, og mot utlegninger av tingenes selvavsløring i det vaerendes altomfattende og gjennomskinnelige naervaer, fremhever kritiske analyser (det sosiale) livets mangfold og forskjeller, det kontekstuelle og foranderlige -kort sagt: ikke det ene og enhetlige, men det alltid heterogene Andre.

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The “end of metaphysics” as a possibility

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