The Controversial Rise of Skilled Intentionality

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_15678
dc.contributor.author	Valenti Riccardo
dc.title	The Controversial Rise of Skilled Intentionality. Reconsidering Hylonoetic Agency in Malafouris’ Material Engagement Theory
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	In this paper some features of ‘skilled intentionality’ are considered. It is specified what has to be intended for Material Engagement Theory and why Malafouris’ formulation of it deserves a prominent role. Then, it is indicated how the transition from the holomorphic theory to the hylonoetic one is prepared in his works. In the third paragraph, Malafouris’ approach is partially criticised by confronting his theses with Bergson’s. In the final section, the criticism is made more explicit, considering the case of the Acheulan hand axe’s symmetry.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni di Venezia Arti
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2022-12-21
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-11-08
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-675-6/the-controversial-rise-of-skilled-intentionality/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-675-6/007
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8868
dc.identifier.isbn
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-675-6
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Blind man’s stick
dc.subject	Field
dc.subject	Knapping
dc.subject	Malafouris
dc.subject	Skill

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The Controversial Rise of Skilled Intentionality

Reconsidering Hylonoetic Agency in Malafouris’ Material Engagement Theory

Riccardo Valenti Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Italia; Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

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In this paper some features of ‘skilled intentionality’ are considered. It is specified what has to be intended for Material Engagement Theory and why Malafouris’ formulation of it deserves a prominent role. Then, it is indicated how the transition from the holomorphic theory to the hylonoetic one is prepared in his works. In the third paragraph, Malafouris’ approach is partially criticised by confronting his theses with Bergson’s. In the final section, the criticism is made more explicit, considering the case of the Acheulan hand axe’s symmetry.

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Dec. 21, 2022

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Nov. 8, 2022

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978-88-6969-675-6

Keywords: Skill • Field • Knapping • Malafouris • Blind man’s stick

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