Proponents of the ontological turn typically advance a highly conceptual understanding of variation in ontology. In contrast, this article argues theoretically that cultural canalizations of embodied ontogenetic processes — especially the development of local neurologies — underwrite distinct lived worlds. This theoretical argument for a corporeal basis of world-making draws on the case of vision-impaired individuals who actively echolocate, or perceive space using sound. Neurological evidence shows that echolocators’ sensory practices over developmental time produce specialized brain adaptations to behaviour. Human echolocation thus demonstrates how enculturation effaces the distinction between biology and culture in a behavioural-developmental spiral with implications for our understanding of human being.

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盲人中的回声定位：个体发生转向的论据

本体论转向的支持者通常会推进对本体论变异的高度概念化的理解。相比之下，本文从理论上论证，具体个体发生过程的文化渠道——尤其是局部神经学的发展——为不同的生活世界提供了保障。这一关于创造世界的物质基础的理论论据借鉴了视力受损个体的案例，这些个体积极回声定位，或使用声音感知空间。神经学证据表明，回声定位器在发育过程中的感觉练习会产生专门的大脑对行为的适应。因此，人类回声定位展示了文化适应如何在行为发展螺旋中消除生物学和文化之间的区别，这对我们对人类的理解产生了影响。