Matter and material phenomenology

ln his work, «Material Phenomenology», Michel Henry shows that what separates him from Husserl is the possibility of a phenomenality in which what reveals itself, matter, coincides with how it reveals itself. ln such a way, the matter is not present as a function of a form that reveals it, but rather reveals itself in the form in which it effectively phenomenalizes itself, and affects itself. ln our research work related to the Philosophy of Medicine, this phenomenality of matter, of being, and of life has gained an immediate application to the phenomena of pain. Nevertheless, in parallel to that possibility, a diverse range of questions emerged as to the exc1usion of oneself from the phenomenality of the physiological processes of the body, relegated by Michel Henry to the strict domain of the empirical.

Keywords

Michel Henry Vida Fenomenologia - Fenomenalidade Matéria Husserl

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12791

Citation

ROSA, José Maria Silva, et alii, «Matter and material phenomenology», In: La vie et les vivants. (Re-)lire Michel Henry, (éds.) G. JEAN, J. LECLERCQ et N. MONSEU, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2013, pp. 567-579.