Givenness and God: Questions of Jean-Luc Marion

Contributors

Contributors Lilian Alweiss: Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at Trinity College Dublin. A graduate of the University of Durham, she obtained her M.A. at the University of Essex, a Diplome d’Études Approfondies at the University of Strasbourg, and her Ph.D. at the University of Essex. Her publications include The World Unclaimed: A Challenge to Heidegger’s Critique of Husserl (Ohio University Press, 2002) and she edited a special edition of Journal of the British Society of Phenomenology on John McDowell. Eoin Cassidy: Lecturer in philosophy, Mater Dei Institute, Dublin. Educated at University College Dublin; the Pontifical University of St. Thomas, Rome; the Pontifical University of Maynooth; and the Institut Supérieur de Philosophie, Université Catholique de Louvain. He has published widely on Augustine, early medieval philosophy, early Christian theology, and applied philosophy. He has recently edited Measuring Ireland: Discerning Values and Beliefs (Dublin, 2002), and, with Andrew McGrady, Media and the Marketplace: Ethical Perspectives (Dublin, 2001). Mark Dooley: Formerly visiting research fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University College Dublin. His many publications in the area of contemporary European philosophy include The Politics of Exodus: Kierkegaard’s Ethics of Responsibility (Fordham University 341 Press, 2001); Questioning God, with John D. Caputo and Michael J. Scanlon (Indiana University Press, 2001); Questioning Ethics, with Richard Kearney (Routledge, 1999); A Passion for the Impossible: John D. Caputo in Focus (State University of New York Press, 2003); and The Catastrophe of Memory (Acumen, 2004). Brian Elliott: Lecturer in the Philosophy Department, University College Dublin. He received his M.A. from Edinburgh University and his Ph.D. from Freiburg University. His publications include Anfang und End in der Philosophie (Duncker & Humblot, 2002) and Phenomenology and Imagination in Husserl and Heidegger: Images of Thought (Routledge, 2004). Richard Kearney: Charles Seelig Professor in Philosophy at Boston College and visiting professor of philosophy at University College Dublin. Internationally renowned for his work in Continental philosophy , aesthetics, and ethics, he has recently added to his extensive list of publications by completing a trilogy titled Philosophy at the Limit: On Stories (Routledge, 2001), The God Who May Be (Indiana University Press, 2001), and Strangers, God and Monsters (Routledge, 2002). Ian Leask: Lecturer in philosophy at the Mater Dei Institute, Dublin . Educated in Scholastic Philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast, he has published Questions of Platonism (2000), and numerous articles on Continental philosophy, ancient philosophy, and the philosophy of religion. Shane Mackinlay: Currently studying the role of hermeneutics in the phenomenology of Jean-Luc Marion for a doctorate in philosophy at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). He lectures in philosophy at Catholic Theological College (Melbourne) and has lectured in philosophy and ethics at Australian Catholic University. He has an M.A. in philosophy from K.U. Leuven, and undergraduate degrees in theology and physics. Jean-Luc Marion: Professor of philosophy at the Université de Paris I–Sorbonne. As well as publishing widely on Descartes, Professor Marion has written groundbreaking religious works (most notably God Without Being) and equally radical phenomenological studies, such as Reduction and Givenness (awarded the 1992 religious 342 Contributors works (most notably God Without Being) and equally radical phenomenological studies, such as Reduction and Givenness (awarded the 1992 Grand Prix du Philosophie de l’Académie Française), and Being Given. Timothy Mooney: Received his B.A. from the National University of Ireland and his Ph.D. from the University of Essex. He is currently College Lecturer in Philosophy at University College Dublin. He has co-edited The Routledge Phenomenology Reader with Dermot Moran (Routledge, 2002) and is the author of several studies on phenomenology , deconstruction, and process philosophy. Derek Morrow: Currently a doctoral student at the University of Dallas and assistant editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly . His dissertation, ‘‘De-nominating God as Ipsum Esse: The Postmodern Thomism of Jean-Luc Marion,’’ aims to situate the disparate treatments of Aquinas in Marion’s corpus within the larger context of Marion’s extensive scholarship on Descartes and his more recent work in contemporary phenomenology and Continental philosophy of religion. John O’Donohue: Philosopher and poet. He has published two collections of poetry, Echoes of Memory (1994) and Conamara Blues (2001). He is also the author of two books in which he has attempted to develop a lyrical, philosophical spirituality: Anam Cara (1997) and Eternal Echoes (1999). He published a book on Hegel, Person als Vermittlung : Die Dialektik von Individualität...