Man as open essence. an approach to Xavier Zubiri’s theory of the person

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v20i2.2460

Keywords:

Sustantivity, open essence, person, reality

Abstract

This article aims to provide the reader with an approach to a bounded aspect of the thought of the Spanish philosopher Xavier Zubiri (1898-1983). Particularly, it seeks to explore Zubiri’s philosophical anthropology by means of the analysis of his concept of personal reality. Given that, for this author, ontology and philosophical anthropology are interrelated terms, the text offers a brief review of Zubiri’s conception of reality, and how it makes itself present to human beings understood as animal of realities. By means of the recognition of reality as existent by itself, it is
possible to gain access to the modus existendi of the human person and to its main characters: open essence and ‘suidad’.

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Author Biography

Javier Eduardo Pérez Téllez, Universidad Tecnológica del Perú

Licenciado en Filosofía por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos y Maestro en Bioética por la Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientae. Actualmente, se desempeña como docente de la Universidad Tecnológica del Perú. Ha sido docente en el Seminario Mayor de la Diócesis de Chosica “San Martín” y de
la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Published

2021-12-03

How to Cite

Pérez Téllez, J. E. (2021). Man as open essence. an approach to Xavier Zubiri’s theory of the person. Phainomenon, 20(2), 243–252. https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v20i2.2460