Philosophy of Birth: Approach from the Embodied and Intersubjective Phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty

Authors

  • Ronnie Videla Reyes Universidad Central/ Universidad Santo Tomás
  • Marco Cortez Burotto Universidad de La Serena

Abstract

The present study approaches birth as a philosophical problem from an intersubjective and embodied perspective derived from the analysis of the Body and the Other present in the Phenomenology of Perception of Merleau-Ponty. Based on the foregoing, the limitations of the Being-with-the-other (Mitdasein) of Heidegger and the Otherness of Levinas framed in the relationship of the face in its attempt to approach a philosophy of birth from an approximation of shared world (mother-father-son). In addition, there is a need to incorporate the three stages of pregnancy into the philosophical problem: pregnancy-birth-puerperium, since these are fundamental to illustrate in a profound way the relational and embodied dimension of this process that exhibits temporality and historicity.

Keywords:

Philosophy of Birth, Mitdasein, Otherness, Body, Intersubjectivity

Author Biographies

Ronnie Videla Reyes, Universidad Central/ Universidad Santo Tomás

Docente en la Universidad Central (sede La Serena) y en la Universidad Santo Tómas (sede La Serena). Chile. Doctor (c) en Educación en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. España. Profesor y Licenciado en Educación, Magister en Psicología y Magister en Estudios Latinoamericanos, mención Filosofía, por la Universidad de La Serena. Chile.

Marco Cortez Burotto, Universidad de La Serena

Docente en la Universidad de La Serena. Chile. Magíster en Estudios Latinoamericanos, mención Filosofía, por la Universidad de La Serena y Profesor de Estado en Castellano y Filosofía y Licenciado en Filosofía por la Universidad Metropolitana en Ciencias de La Educación. Chile.