Abstract

This article examines Jean-Luc Marion's phenomenology of givenness as a conceptual framework for understanding interpersonal experience. The research maintains that the experience of the other constitutes a "saturated phenomenon" that transcends traditional objective categories. Marion develops a critique of classical phenomenology for its tendency to objectify phenomena, proposing instead a phenomenology where the phenomenon manifests itself without requiring a giving agent. The phenomenon of birth is analyzed as a paradigmatic case of "saturated phenomenon" that evidences our condition as "given beings." In response to Dominique Janicaud's criticism regarding the alleged theological infiltration in this phenomenological proposal, Marion develops the "triple phenomenological reduction" to purify the concept of givenness from causal or theological elements. However, this methodology has generated objections regarding its practical viability, risks of solipsism, loss of meaningful content, and inattention to the ethical dimension. Despite these limitations, the phenomenology of givenness constitutes a significant contribution to reconfiguring the understanding of ethics and intersubjective experience.