Morphogenesis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2019
Abstract
This article explores the ways new materialism centers the problem of morphogenesis-and de-centers language and culture-in philosophical accounts of corporeality. Attention to organic structures gives insight into the entanglement of nature and culture obscured by tendencies to think matter as lacking agential features. I suggest, in conclusion, that new materialism may operate with a notion of "entanglement"or "intra-activity"that is too productive. New materialisms may require a more pliable set of distinctions to capture the relations between morphogenetic forces.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Philosophy Today
First Page
999
Last Page
1012
Recommended Citation
Goldgaber, D. (2019). Morphogenesis. Philosophy Today, 63 (4), 999-1012. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtoday2020124306