?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Cognitive+Basis+of+Material+Engagement%3A+Where+Brain%2C+Body+and+Culture+Conflate&rft.creator=Malafouris%2C+Lambros&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=In+this+paper+I+attempt+to+sketch+a+preliminary+framework+for+understanding+the+cognitive+basis+of+the+engagement+of+the+mind+with+the+material+world.+I+advance+the+hypothesis+that+contrary+to+some+of+our+most+deeply-entrenched+assumptions+the+relationship+between+the+world+and+human+cognition+is+not+one+of+abstract+representation+or+some+other+form+of+action+at+a+distance+but+one+of+ontological+inseparability.+That+is%2C+what+we+have+traditionally+construed+as+an+active+or+passive+but+always+clearly+separated+external+stimulus+for+setting+an+internal+cognitive+mechanism+into+motion%2C+may+be+after+all+a+continuous+part+of+the+machinery+itself%3B+at+least%2C+ex+hypothesi.+&rft.publisher=Cambridge%3A+McDonald+Institute+Monographs&rft.contributor=DeMarrais%2C+Elizabeth&rft.contributor=Gosden%2C+Chris&rft.contributor=Renfrew%2C+Colin&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4629%2F2%2F05Malafouris_PM.pdf&rft.identifier=++Malafouris%2C+Lambros++(2004)+The+Cognitive+Basis+of+Material+Engagement%3A+Where+Brain%2C+Body+and+Culture+Conflate.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4629%2F