The question of the animal is one of the most intensely debated in the contemporary philosophical arena. The present article makes the case that Husserl’s phenomenological approach offers a stimulating and open-ended perspective on this discussion. The animal, indeed, is an instance of extreme otherness, which pushes phenomenology to its limits. The paper opens with an outline of the methodological issues raised by the question of the animal (Sect. 1). It then examines what the animal—at this point, taken as a whole—and the human being have in common and what Husserl sees as the main differences between them. A critical aspect here is the question of personhood (Sect. 2). Finally, Sect. 3 traces Husserl’s progression from a general concept of animality to detailed and nuanced phenomenological descriptions of different animals and their intra- and inter-specific relationships. Husserl understands that the threshold that joins and divides human beings and animals is difficult to pin down, because there is more than one threshold: it is plural.

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胡塞尔对将人格扩展到动物的犹豫尝试

动物问题是当代哲学领域争论最激烈的问题之一。本文论证了胡塞尔的现象学方法为这一讨论提供了一个刺激和开放的视角。事实上，动物是极端他性的一个例子，它将现象学推向了极限。本文首先概述了由动物问题（第 1 节）引起的方法论问题。然后检查动物——在这一点上，作为一个整体——和人类有什么共同点，以及胡塞尔认为它们之间的主要区别是什么。这里的一个关键方面是人格问题（第 2 节）。最后，Sect。图 3 追溯了胡塞尔从动物性的一般概念到对不同动物及其种内和种间关系的详细而微妙的现象学描述的进展。胡塞尔明白，连接和划分人类和动物的门槛很难确定，因为门槛不止一个：它是复数。