Paul Alsberg’s anthropology could support the reform of Husserlian phenomenology conducted
by Carmine Di Martino in his Viventi umani e non umani, not only showing the autopoietic
effects of the human technological activity with the principle of body-liberation, but also understanding
language as a particular tool. This paper investigates technology and language as crucial
factors employed to draw the line between human and non-human living being in a discontinuistic
evolutionary perspective.Paul Alsberg’s anthropology could support the reform of Husserlian phenomenology conducted
by Carmine Di Martino in his Viventi umani e non umani, not only showing the autopoietic
effects of the human technological activity with the principle of body-liberation, but also understanding
language as a particular tool. This paper investigates technology and language as crucial
factors employed to draw the line between human and non-human living being in a discontinuistic
evolutionary perspective.