This subsection of the
wikipedia article on
culture, brings in
the concept of symbols
as a distinguishing
characteristic of human
culture.
This author distinguishes
imitative from emulative
Using imitative differently
than I have been using it.
Emulative would be monkey see, monkey do.
The
In this famous passage, Marx
distinguishes human labor from
that of animals by the existence
of imagination, plan and purpose.
This fits with the very interesting
wikipedia article on culture, which
claims that human children's learning
in imitation of adults is focused
on learning the intent and
