Ep. 326: Guest Michael Tomasello on the Evolution of Agency (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - A podcast by Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey

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On The Evolution of Agency (2022), with the author, and guest panelist Chris Heath. What is human agency? How would we determine whether an animal is a legitimate agent, as opposed to just acting automatically? Tomasello investigates this by thinking about what capabilities and behaviors constitute agency and the degree to which near-human animals have these. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion.