The problem of material agency. A challenge for contemporary posthumanist thinking

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.410941
Keywords: Intentionality, Background, Environment, Materials, Life

Abstract

This paper aims to reflect on the link between the notion of material agency and contemporary post-humanist thinking. More specifically, we propose to question the need that a non-anthropocentric philosophical stance must necessarily contain a symmetrical conception of agency. For this, in the first place, we will analyze the developments of Lambros Malafouris around this problem, in order to characterize a symmetrical conception of the agentive capacity. In contrast to this, in the second place, we will explain Tim Ingold’s vision of agency, in order to make way for a new approach.

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01-01-2022
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Fagioli, N. (2022). The problem of material agency. A challenge for contemporary posthumanist thinking. Daimon Revista Internacional de Filosofia, (85), 177–188. https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.410941
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