Being Humans When We Are Animals

Being Humans When We Are Animals

This paper investigates forms of metaphysical vertigo that can appear when contrasts between humans and animals are challenged. Distinguishing three forms of vertigo and four ways of differentiating humans and animals, the paper attempts to achieve a perspicuous representation of what could be terme...

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Main Author: Pär Segerdahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Wittgenstein Society 2014-12-01
Series:Nordic Wittgenstein Review
Online Access:http://www.nordicwittgensteinreview.com/article/view/2270
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