Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Charles, I don't understand the purpose of so many posts. Since reading
them all is out of the question, and I have no principle of selection
that would work, I end up not reading any
Charles, I don't understand the purpose of so many posts. Since reading
them all is out of the question, and I have no principle of selection
that would work, I end up not reading any of them, thogugh some of them
must be important or at least inteesting.
Carrol
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Toolmaking of all types ( making a wheel or a vase or controlling
fire) in prehistoric society was, based on inference from surviving
prehistoric societies) integrated into kinship protocols, rituals,
singing, dancing, telling stories. Prehistoric societies are not as
broken up into segments as mod
On 5/24/10, Shane Mage wrote:
> What is truly bizarre is lumping an advanced technology--the wheel--
> with the most primitive of technologies--the stone ax.
^^
CB: Do u mean as if they were invented at the same time ? Not
Both of them were passed on across generations. They are "lumped"
What is truly bizarre is lumping an advanced technology--the wheel--
with the most primitive of technologies--the stone ax.
On May 24, 2010, at 8:32 AM, c b wrote:
> Carrol's vulgar materialist image of wheelwrights as only workers of
> the hand, and not of the brain, talking to their apprentic
Carrol's vulgar materialist image of wheelwrights as only workers of
the hand, and not of the brain, talking to their apprentices, showing
them how to make wheels by dumb-speechless gestures and mime, silent
imitation, leads to stupid versions of workers as mindless bodies
performing like robots.
On 5/22/10, Carrol Cox wrote:
> As usual, I'm just breaking into the middle of a thread, and I do not
> know who CeJ is quoting here, but I wholly agree with CeJ on this. The
> idea of learning how to make a wheel from stories rather than directly
> from another wheelwright is nothing short of bi
As usual, I'm just breaking into the middle of a thread, and I do not
know who CeJ is quoting here, but I wholly agree with CeJ on this. The
idea of learning how to make a wheel from stories rather than directly
from another wheelwright is nothing short of bizarre. That in any case
was never the p
On 5/20/10, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Just a few random observations as I can't keep up with all the posts on
> this list or even a single thread.
>
> It seems to me that emphasis on utility/communication leads to ar
> radically distorted view of language, its use, and its history.
^^
CB: This is p
Just a few random observations as I can't keep up with all the posts on
this list or even a single thread.
It seems to me that emphasis on utility/communication leads to ar
radically distorted view of language, its use, and its history. If one
wants to look to other animals for light on language,
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