Tools, agency and the category of ‘living things’
Both humans and other animals attribute the qualities of living matter and agency to what we call tools and other cultural objects. In both cases a paradox may arise when autonomy is attributed to the object at the same time that it is recognized that its life-like characteristics are motivated by h...
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| Dans: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/actesbranly, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Les actes de colloques du musée du quai Branly Jacques Chirac
2016
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |