“Somehow, in some way, there is a resistance from the world, a giveness to the way things are, which provides some friction in relation to our beliefs about the world.”
“What position if any do these theorists take on the giveness of the self?”
givenness
The fact of being given or posited in an argument, hypothesis etc.
“Human sensuality by its nature is intelligent, full of senses, but it does not mean that such intelligentness is completely unconditional givenness.”
“I later came to think of them as the artist's revenge against the givenness of life.”
“To suggest that revelation is a peculiar mode of givenness is to say that the divine or the holy is given to the person in a unique manner that is wholly distinct from perceived objects or rational judgments.”