On the threshold of the world: Heidegger on the difference between animals and human beings

Authors

  • Fernando Rodrigues Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-9800.v0i14p31-53

Keywords:

Heidegger, Sloterdijk, Dasein, Animality, World.

Abstract

Heidegger’s position on the difference between man and animal is often taken as non-scientific or even conservative. This is also Peter Sloterdijk’s view, as defended in his essay Regeln für den Menschenpark. In this paper we intend to show how a due understanding of Heidegger’s statements depends on a proper understanding of the concepts of transcendence, world and world-forming, as explained in Being and Time (1927) and in his The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics (1929/30). By doing so, we may prove that the description offered by Sloterdijk in its Regeln tends to simplify the complex horizon of problems wherein Heidegger moves when he defends a radical difference between man and animal, and thus we intend to show how Sloterdijk’s interpretation of Heidegger is in itself restricted.

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Author Biography

  • Fernando Rodrigues, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

    Mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do
    Paraná – UFPR e doutorando em Filosofia no
    Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
    da Universidade Estadual de Campinas
    – IFCH/UNICAMP

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Published

2009-11-14

Issue

No. 14 (2009)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Rodrigues, F. (2009). On the threshold of the world: Heidegger on the difference between animals and human beings. Cadernos De Filosofia Alemã: Crítica E Modernidade, 14, 31-53. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-9800.v0i14p31-53