Phenomenology and the Limits of Experience: Editors’ Introduction

This introduction to the special issue Phenomenology and the Limits of Experience explores the complex relationship between phenomenology and the notion of limits. The discussion examines how phenomenology delineates the boundaries of experience while simultaneously encountering methodological, epistemological, and existential limits. The introduction situates limit-phenomena—such as unconscious processes, affectivity, violence, and intersubjective alterity—within phenomenology’s evolving framework, highlighting their role in expanding its methodological horizon.