On the Notion of the Boundary in the Philosophical Anthropology of Helmuth Plessner

• Authors: Loenhoff Jens
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Within the philosophical anthropology of Helmuth Plessner the concept of the boundary plays a prominent role. As a basic idea to understand the existence of living organisms the key concept of the boundary allows to conceive the specifics of human extistence in the term of the eccentric positionality as a fundamental constitution of man. The article tries to reconstruct the genesis and the systematic content of the concept of the boundary and to outline the consequences for Plessner’s social philosophy.

Keywords

EN

Plessner; philosophical anthropology; boundary; living organisms; human existence; eccentric positionality; social philosophy

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 73-86

Contributors

author

Loenhoff Jens

• Department of Communication Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen