Hi DM, >> Steve: >> I think of social patterns as maintained through copying behavior of >> others without thinking (manipulating symbols) while intellectual >> patterns >> are maintained through copying rationales for behavior. I don't see >> any >> sliding scale or overlap between a rationale and a mimicked behavior.
> DM: Does that mean all language use is intellectual rather than > social? That > would seem an odd suggestion. Steve: All language use is not intellectual. Language itself is maintained through unconscious copying of behavior and is a social phenomenon. As Pirsig commented in Lila's Child, saying gesundheit when someone sneezes is a social pattern. My comment was that rationalizing behavior is intellectual activity. "I did this because..." is an intellectual pattern. Regards, Steve Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
