Re: memetics-digest V1 #1369

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Tue 27 May 2003 - 20:52:36 GMT

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    > > On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 03:47 PM, Ray wrote:
    > >
    > > > Dugatkin says that animal imitation constitutes culture. How does
    > > > an individual event of performance differ from an event of
    > > > imitated
    > > animal
    > > > behavior other than the fact in one case a human is doing it and
    > > > in
    > > the
    > > > other case an animal is?
    > >
    > > If you are willing to accept that imitation is all that is required
    > > to constitute culture, than there is no difference.
    > >
    > > I am not willing to accept that culture is only imitation.
    > >
    > > I don't know Dugatkin, but, I do know Hauser, and he does not see
    > > animal imitation as constituting culture.
    > >
    > > When an animal does something other than imitate, let me know.
    > >
    > > - Wade
    > >
    > >
    > That 'something other than imitate' is the thing you can not account
    > for with a purely performance based model. It involves internal
    > mental manipulation.
    >
    bingo.
    >
    > Ray Recchia
    >
    >
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