The Corridor: On the Ground That Does Not Withdraw
Abstract
This essay uses the hospital corridor as a phenomenological site to reveal the structure of metaphysical dependence. By tracing the chain of what holds the visible world in place, it argues that contingent existence cannot sustain itself and therefore points to a non‑derivative ground. The essay critiques illusionist ontologies that deny the reality of the temporal, showing that birth and death alike are held within the same sustaining Now.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Philosophy
Ethics
and Existentialism
Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 28 May 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint