(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2024-07-17) Moreno González, Rafael
The initial words of Plato’s Gorgias constitute an important clue to understanding the literary and philosophical characterizations of the figure of Callicles inside the Platonic dialogue. The fact that Plato begins with a greeting from Callicles in which war and confrontation are explicitly mentioned shows how important these activities are for this figure. The rest of the dialogue has the function of developing this aspect of Callicles’ soul. Calicles makes clear both through his words and actions in the ensuing conversation that he defends a way of life defined by honor and public recognition in the political realm, by the subjugation of others, and by the satisfaction of all kinds of appetites and desires all considered constitutive elements of a happy life. In this sense, the first words of the dialogue offer us a first glimpse of the figure of Callicles which coheres with his characterization throughout the whole dialogue.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2024-07-17) Olaechea Catter, Jorge
Even though Paul Ricoeur did not write an entire work about Spinoza, many interpreters have pointed out the relevance of the thought of the Dutch philosopher—and specially of his Ethics—to Ricoeur’s oeuvre. This paper seeks to show the significance of Spinoza’s notion of conatus in the hermeneutical and ontological approach of the French philosopher. Specifically, it analyses an important conceptual node in the last Study of Oneself as Another. The analysis mainly considers those passages of Spinoza’s works that are quoted. It tries to expand the understanding of them considering the context in which they appear, in order to see if this allows to confirm the abovementioned relevance of Spinoza in Ricoeur’s philosophy.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2024-07-17) Moreno Tirado, Guillermo
This paper discusses the grounding of the possibility of a critique of general linguistics or linguistic theory based on an interpretation of a passage of Heidegger’s Letter on Humanism. According to my interpretation, the metaphysical conception of language generates an obliteration that does not allow to understand the phenomenon of language or languages. However, I claim that such a conception and, therefore, the obliteration itself are part of the phenomenon of language and not something external that can be avoided. Therefore, I raise the question if linguistics supports such a conception and defend that the obliteration diagnosed by Heidegger requires a discrimination of the fundamental concepts of linguistics and its presuppositions. I suggest as a work hypothesis in the context of critical practice that it is not linguistics itself that supports this conception –such as it is observable after the discrimination of its fundamental concepts– but rather its presuppositions. Consequently, I claim that the fundamental concepts of linguistics –when critically considered– deconstruct the presuppositions according to which linguistic theory conceives language and its own theoretical grounding.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2024-07-18) Murga, Ezequiel D.
According to Jean-Luc Marion, the subject is responsible for the phenomenalization of the given. This process—characterized as “hermeneutic” by the author—implies a discrimination concerning which is the most adequate way to show the phenomenon. For this to be possible, however, a modality of thought which does not deal with objects but with events is needed. This paper argues that this modality—suitable for deciding the way of phenomenalization of the given—can be found in practical thought. Firstly, I trace back this possibility to the Cartesian esteem. Secondly, I discuss it with reference to the Aristotelian prudence. Finally, I relate both approaches to comprehension (Verstehen), a concept that Marion picks up from Heidegger and Gadamer.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2024-07-18) Sebbah, François-David
This article aims to assess the relevance of Jean Luc Marion’s reading of Levinas’ “ethical relation”. The Levinasian gesture, which could be deployed in several senses, is located at the very heart of the “French moment of Phenomenology”.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2024-07-18) Vinolo, Stéphane
Among all the fields covered by Jean-Luc Marion’s phenomenology of givenness, it is remarkable that politics occupies a scarce, if not non-existent, place. This quasi-absence can be explained by conceptual reasons, given that political philosophy is enclosed within metaphysics through its recurrent use of concepts such as the subject, the power or the interests. However, it is possible to think, from Marion’s philosophy, a politics that is not limited to his metaphysical figure. This possibility supposes a true politics of communion that unites the collective from a point that remains external to it and that does not serve as its foundation.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2024-07-18) Rubio, Roberto; Saldías, Roberto
This paper attempts to contribute to the studies of phenomenological philosophy dealing with religious conversion. Our contribution is to describe Christian conversion in phenomenological terms as attitude change; or, more precisely, as the transition from natural attitude to religious Christian attitude. The description is focused on the noetic pole of experience, especially considering the relationship between faith in the daily perceptual world, on the one side, and Christian faith in God, on the other side. Additionally, we present some challenges proper of the philosophical-phenomenological approach. On the one hand, we consider the challenges pertaining to the philosophical-phenomenological approach as such; on the other hand, we present the challenges that emerge when considering approaches that originate from other disciplines, such as Sociology or the Anthropology of Religion.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2024-07-18) Roggero, Jorge Luis
This paper aims to give an account of the general outlines of a possible Phenomenology of Law in the work of Jean-Luc Marion, based on an inquiry into the notions of legal phenomenon and justice.
