Abstract

In the present article, we will point out that the Husserlian determination of the living includes genetic and generative moments, which function in parallel and cannot be ignored. From the analysis of Steinbock's and Walton's proposals on the tension between the generative and the genetic method, we will show that the determination of the human world contains biological elements that are indispensable to be considered and that, therefore, generativity must include them. In this way, we will argue that human beings belong to a double bio-generational context that puts them in relation to other living beings. Finally, considering Husserl's late reflections, we will conclude by pointing out that the world of life cannot be purely human since living beings are also constitutively included in it.