¿Pueden los animales sentir dolor ? Reflexiones desde la fenomenologia = Can Animals Feel Pain ? Reflections from Phenomenology

Philosophical discussion concerning animals' pain has focused exclusively on its moral feature. In this paper, we discuss a broader issue, namely, if animals can feel pain. To settle this matter, we will show why phenomenology seems to be the only philosophical perspective that can fully grasp pain experience. Phenomenology allowed the philosophical discovery of the lived-world, the philosophical exploration of conscience as a form of meaning, as well as the philosophical development of self as an affective and feeling structure. Nevertheless, the main philosophical contributions of phenomenology seem useless to grasp animal pain. That being said, we will conclude this paper by sketching some insights to develop a philosophical account of animal pain. © 2021 Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca