The concept “animal” is not frequently analysed, neither the fact of how we can speak about something as “animals”. On the road leading to come to understanding of how human beings distinguish themselves from other animals, we have examined the proposals of Bimbenet, Heidegger, Rousseau and Lévi-Strauss as well as those of the empirical anthropologists Washburn and Moore, and the one of Lee Berger. It is necessary to decide whether what is distinguished is a fact or a criteria settled by the researcher.
Keywords:
Zoo philosophy, anthropological difference, animal epistemology, relations with animals, evolution
Neira, H. (2017). The difficult distinction between humans and animal. Revista De Filosofía, 73, pp. 161–178. Retrieved from https://revistafilosofia.uchile.cl/index.php/RDF/article/view/47731
