Intersubjective knowledge – important difference between man and animals

Nowadays we observe the enhanced controversion comcerning differences between man and animals. The view denying the existence of substantial differences between man and animals is becoming more and more popular and leads to several uppsetting phenomena as, for instance, the approval of euthanasia in man, the denial of the traditional Hippocrates’ ethics in medicine and obligatory veganism. Although man presents many anatomical, physiological, genetical and behavioral similarities to other animals, and, from the biological point of view, belongs to the animal kingdom, several important differences between man and other animal species could be underlined. One of the most important is the ability of creating and profiting from intersubjective (interpersonal) knowledge. This ability is primary conditioned by the developement of a language, and then by the inventions of writing, printing and ,finally, digital record.