We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Second Nature and Animal Life.
- Authors
Brisco, Stefano Di
- Abstract
I am concerned in this paper with McDowell's account of human uniqueness in nature in terms of a fundamental difference between humans and animals. I try to show that the concept of that difference is relevant for a Wittgensteinian understanding of the place of rationality in nature. I then develop an internal criticism of McDowell's transcendental way of approaching this topic by using Diamond's insights about the importance of the details for a realistic philosophical account of human mindedness. My aim is to show that the difference between humans and animals is constitutive of our understanding of what it means to be humans, but this is not something we can explain in advance of looking at the weave of our life with them.
- Publication
Between the Species: A Journal for the Study of Philosophy & Animals, 2010, Vol 13, Issue 10, p118
- ISSN
1945-8487
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.15368/bts.2010v13n10.8