Three Paradoxes of Personhood: The Venetian Lectures
Joseph, Margolis / Dreon, Roberta
The starting point of Joseph Margolis¿ last philosophical effort is represented by the problem of the human ¿gap¿ in animal continuity: ¿There appear to be no comparable variants of animal evolution [...] effected by anything like the culturally enabled creation¿. While we share with other animals more or less refined forms of societal life, acquiring a natural language remains a distinctively human character: although it is grounded in the co...