?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=At+the+Potter%E2%80%99s+Wheel%3A+An+Argument+for+Material+Agency&rft.creator=Malafouris%2C+Dr+Lambros&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=Consider+a+potter+throwing+a+vessel+on+the+wheel.+Think+of+the+complex+ways+brain%2C+body%2C+wheel+and+clay+relate+and+interact+with+one+another+throughout+the+different+stages+of+this+activity+and+try+to+imagine+some+of+the+resources+(physical%2C+mental+or+biological)+needed+for+the+enaction+of+this+creative+process.+Focus%2C+for+instance%2C+on+the+first+minutes+of+action+when+the+potter+attempts+to+centre+the+lump+of+clay+on+the+wheel.+The+hands+are+grasping+the+clay.+The+fingers%2C+bent+slightly+following+the+surface+curvature%2C+sense+the+clay+and+exchange+vital+tactile+information+necessary+for+a+number+of+crucial+decisions+that+are+about+to+follow+in+the+next+few+seconds.+What+is+it+that+guides%0D%0Athe+dextrous+positioning+of+the+potter%E2%80%99s+hands+and+decides+upon+the+precise+amount+of+forward+or+downward+pressure+necessary+for+centring+a+lump+of+clay+on+the+wheel%3F+How+do+the+potter%E2%80%99s+fingers+come+to+know+the+precise+force+of+the%0D%0Aappropriate+grip%3F+What+makes+these+questions+even+more+fascinating+is+the+ease+by+which+the+phenomena+which+they+describe+are+accomplished.+Yet+underlying+the+effortless+manner+in+which+the+potter%E2%80%99s+hand+reaches+for+and+gradually%0D%0Ashapes+the+wet+clay+lies+a+whole+set+of+conceptual+challenges+to+some+of+our+most+deeply+entrenched+assumptions+about+what+it+means+to+be+a+human+agent.&rft.publisher=Springer&rft.contributor=Knappett%2C+Dr+Carl&rft.contributor=Malafouris%2C+Dr++Lambros&rft.date=2007-05-15&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6402%2F1%2Fagencybook-02_malafouris.pdf&rft.identifier=++Malafouris%2C+Dr+Lambros++(2007)+At+the+Potter%E2%80%99s+Wheel%3A+An+Argument+for+Material+Agency.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6402%2F