Jean-Luc Marion: On Phenomenology, Descartes, Kant & The Analytic Continental Divide Part One

By Steven DeLay, Jean-Luc Marion in December 2025

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Steven DeLay interviews Jean-Luc Marion about Phenomenology, Descartes, Kant and the analytic continental divide. Marion explains that phenomenology critically examines foundational philosophical concepts like substance, causality, and essence, distinguishing itself from analytic philosophy by questioning these categories. He highlights phenomenology’s unity as a tradition and its ongoing relevance. The conversation explores the influence of Descartes and Kant on phenomenology, emphasizing issues of certainty, finitude, and the transcendental subject. Phenomenology is presented as a living tradition that interrogates the limits of knowledge and the nature of experience.

 

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Produced in December 2025. Provisional captions.

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