詹妮弗·林教授通过“构造石头房子的例子”，在充要条件的假言判断命题意义上，发起对阿伦特的诘问，试图从根本上瓦解阿伦特劳动/工作相区分的概念框架。正是在比勘推求中，阿伦特视界的劳动概念得到了一次难得的确认。我们需要跳出一个对则另一个必然错的非黑即白的认识框架，阿伦特视界的劳动与詹妮弗视界的劳动，乃是函数关系。在这个意义上，两方面可以形成视界融合。詹妮弗之问勾勒的“阿伦特区分的模糊性”，乃是理想类型参照下的个案的变量值所致。詹妮弗之问是本文的构造命题，由此可以帮助我们从根本上澄清阿伦特的劳动概念，也能启发我们发起和参与阿伦特与马克思的劳动理论的对话。

Professor Jennifer Ring initiated a cross examination of Arendt in a sense through the example of building a stone house, trying to disintegrate the conceptual framework of the distinction between labor and work. It was in the process of comparison and exploration that the concept of labor in Arendt’s perspective was confirmed once again. It is necessary to jump out of the cognitive framework that one is right and the other is necessarily wrong. There is a functional relationship between the labor of Arendt’s horizon and that of Jennifer’s horizon, which can form a fusion of horizons. The “vagueness of Arendt’s distinction” outlined by Jennifer’s question is caused by the variable value of the case under the reference of the ideal type. Jennifer’s question is the structural proposition of this paper. It can not only help us clarify Arendt’s concept of labor fundamentally, but also inspire us to initiate and participate in the dialogue between Arendt and Marx’s labor theory.

Jennifer’s question, Arendt, labor, work, ideal type