The Phenomenology of Animal Life

This paper presents a bi-constructivist approach to the study of animal life, which is opposed tothe realist-Cartesian paradigm in which most ethology operates. The method is elaborated through the examples of a knot-tying orangutan in a Paris zoo and chile-eating cats in a New York apartment. We sh...

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Main Authors: Lestel, D., Bussolini, J., Chrulew, Matthew
Format: Journal Article
Published: University of New South Wales 2014
Online Access:http://environmentalhumanities.org/arch/vol5/5.7.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18348
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description This paper presents a bi-constructivist approach to the study of animal life, which is opposed tothe realist-Cartesian paradigm in which most ethology operates. The method is elaborated through the examples of a knot-tying orangutan in a Paris zoo and chile-eating cats in a New York apartment. We show that, when grounded in the operational framework of the phenomenological approach, the interpretation of animal life acquires a much more robust character than is usually supposed.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-183482017-01-30T12:07:25Z The Phenomenology of Animal Life Lestel, D. Bussolini, J. Chrulew, Matthew This paper presents a bi-constructivist approach to the study of animal life, which is opposed tothe realist-Cartesian paradigm in which most ethology operates. The method is elaborated through the examples of a knot-tying orangutan in a Paris zoo and chile-eating cats in a New York apartment. We show that, when grounded in the operational framework of the phenomenological approach, the interpretation of animal life acquires a much more robust character than is usually supposed. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18348 http://environmentalhumanities.org/arch/vol5/5.7.pdf University of New South Wales fulltext
spellingShingle Lestel, D.
Bussolini, J.
Chrulew, Matthew
The Phenomenology of Animal Life
title The Phenomenology of Animal Life
title_full The Phenomenology of Animal Life
title_fullStr The Phenomenology of Animal Life
title_full_unstemmed The Phenomenology of Animal Life
title_short The Phenomenology of Animal Life
title_sort phenomenology of animal life
url http://environmentalhumanities.org/arch/vol5/5.7.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18348