[Craig] Perhaps we should look for examples of social immorality: I promise to meet you, but don't meet up. We agree to meet, but I don't meet up. I intend to meet you (but don't promise to) & I realize you recognize my intention, but don't meet up. You expect me to meet you and I realize this, but I don't meet up. I intend to meet you, but don't meet up.
Which of these are humans but not animals capable of? Which of these are 3rd level & which are merely 2nd level? [Arlo] For Tomasello, and others following the socio-cultural tradition, all of these are social. They all derive from semiotically-mediated activity. Even the ones that are not outright 'verbal' above require some manner of language to enable the activity. The biological (neural) origin of shared attention is pre-language, and limited to the experiential moment. The social act of formulating 'plans', even mentally and not spoken out loud, requires at least some manner of semiotic-symbol manipulation. 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
