Revista Filosofía UIS

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2014): Revista Filosofía UIS
Research Article

Human and animal technicity from a naturalistic viewpoint. Problems and perspectives in the contemporary debate

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  • Andrés Crelier,
  • Diego Parente
Andrés Crelier
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
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Diego Parente
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
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Published 2014-11-04

Keywords

  • anthropological difference,
  • gradualism,
  • Preston,
  • Ingold,
  • intentional affordance

How to Cite

Crelier, A., & Parente, D. (2014). Human and animal technicity from a naturalistic viewpoint. Problems and perspectives in the contemporary debate. Revista Filosofía UIS, 13(2), 17–36. Retrieved from https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistafilosofiauis/article/view/4990

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Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the differences between the human and the nonhuman way of relating technically to the environment. Firstly, we criticize the naturalistic “ecological” or “contextualist” position (Preston, Ingold) because it does not allow such a distinction. Secondly, we put forward the notion of “intentional affordance” (Tomasello) to characterize human technical action. Thirdly, we sketch a gradualist scheme where the specific difference of human technical action can find a place.

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