[Horse] > The building of a house or group of houses would be a social pattern, as > per human social behaviour to stay > warm and protected - the building of > nests, as per avian behaviour is to provide a place to lay eggs etc.
[Craig, previously] > Nope. IMHO this misses Pirsig's insight into the social level. > Just as a beehive or network of prairie dog burrows is not a social level > pattern, > building a house or group of houses is not a social pattern, > even if done in co-operation with other humans. > Nor is human behaviour to stay warm and protected social, rather than > biological. > Only the building of a social institution should count as social, e.g., > ownership laws, legal liability, etc. [Horse] > As far as I'm aware bees and prairie dogs don't EMPLOY ARCHITECTS, > obtain BUILDING PERMISSION, EMPLOY bricklayers, plumbers etc. > Building a house or the construction of a housing estate here in the UK involves all of this > and is part of a social pattern. Which you'll recognize was MY point, as opposed to keeping warm & protected, which is biological & not social. Craig 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/md/archives.html
