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Material engagement theory and its philosophical ties to pragmatism

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Material Engagement Theory (MET) is currently driving a conceptual change in the archaeology of mind. Drawing upon the dictates of enactivism and active externalism, it specifically calls for a radical reconceptualization of mind and material culture. Unpersuaded by the common assumption that cognition is brain-bound, Malafouris argues in favour of a process ontology that situates thinking in action. In granting ontological primacy to material engagement, MET seeks to illuminate the emergence...

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10.1007/s11097-018-9596-5

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University of Oxford
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Social Sciences Division
Department:
School of Archaeology
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Grant:
Consolidator Grant BHANDMADE^ (No 771997 European Union Horizon 2020) awarded to Lambros Malafouris
Publisher:
Springer Netherlands Publisher's website
Journal:
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences Journal website
Volume:
18
Issue:
1
Pages:
39–63
Publication date:
2018-11-14
Acceptance date:
2018-10-23
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1572-8676
ISSN:
1568-7759
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uuid:23105a4f-56a7-4662-836e-f8cac7737300
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944698
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2018-11-20

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