From: Van oost Kenneth (kennethvanoost@belgacom.net)
Date: Thu 19 Feb 2004 - 20:13:25 GMT
<< New structures are being made by the individual in order to cope with
his living environment. But because p.e. Piaget called this environment
universal all actions of all individuals do lead to the same result due to
his equilibration- principle.
But we do investigate things with methodes own to us, we presuppose
Western thinking- ways by and within others cultures/ sociaties, thus
we aren 't able in principle to find other lineages in the first place_ all
divergences found will be acknowledged as defaults and that accordingly
to our own thinking- ways.
Although there isn 't a biological bias for what Piaget claims as universal
I have troubles finding any environment that will be approiate, suitable for
any individual; that will be claimed as valid for any individual living within in.
If we take nature itself for being that universal part than again, many indi-
viduals will be unable to recognize nature as such a case.
What is valid for us, will not for many others. How is it than possible that
the claim ' we know what evolution is and on what level it works ' can be
made, moreover, that the claim can be made that evolution occurs at the
population level, even it is said above that the environment wherein the
selection takes place is in the eyes of the beholder never, can 't be_ the
same !?
How can any individual cope with his environment in the first place if the
population of which he is part makes it incapable of recognizing any longer
his or hers own creative practice!?
Each shift over the eons of time of the human ( individualistic) personality/
identity give rise to a shift within the scale individual- collective_ and thus
a change within the concept of morality_how would you call this !?
I call this evolution on the individual level and that is later generalized.
There isn 't any collective ground of morality which is later distributed
amongst each and any individual occupying any environment!
An evolved population is just the endresult of what already evolving
individuals realized....and agreed upon....
Kenneth
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