10.4225/03/592277848323b Blair McDonald Blair McDonald To do what one ought to do: Reconsidering Heidegger's thesis: "the animal is poor in world." Monash University 2017 Martin Heidegger Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics Derrida Literary Studies not elsewhere classified 2017-05-22 05:30:42 Journal contribution https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/To_do_what_one_ought_to_do_Reconsidering_Heidegger_s_thesis_the_animal_is_poor_in_world_/5016521 <div>This essay takes its point of departure from Section 63 of Martin Heidegger’s Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics where, after a remarkable elaboration on the problem of the animal in relation to the question of world, he calls into question the accuracy of maintaining his guiding thesis on the animal: “the animal is poor in world.” Heidegger himself is not only troubled by the manner in which he situates the animal within a duplicitous framework of having and not having world but also by the manner in which he situates the quality of being poor in world as specifically a being deprived of world.</div>