Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id MAA03797 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:24:53 GMT Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745BEA@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Myths and Memes: Distinction? Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:23:32 -0000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
well, we know what Floridians are like with their voting...
It must be all that sun. :-)
Vincent
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> From: Gatherer, D. (Derek)
> Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 7:56 am
> To: 'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'
> Subject: RE: Myths and Memes: Distinction?
>
> I know very little about myths, but I do remember Levi-Strauss's bon mot
> that 'les mythes se pensent dans les hommes, et a leur ainsu' (the bit
> after
> the comma italicised in the original). You could probably write a whole
> thesis just on that. Mind you, the idea of myths somehow residing inside
> the brains (if you translate 'dans' in that way) of les hommes, and also
> being there without our knowledge (a leur ainsu) and that they somehow
> have
> a sort of autonomy (ie. they 'se pensent' themselves rather than being
> passively 'pensee' by us), is perhaps a little too internalist for me, so
> I'll leave it to people whose thinking tends more in the same direction as
> Levi-Strauss.
>
> Nice to see that FSU are taking up some memetics, now that UWF are giving
> it
> a whirl as well. What is it about Florida and memetics? The number of
> people on this list who have some sort of Florida connection seems to me
> to
> be greater than random chance (although I should of course reread Sue
> Blackmore's work on the ad hoc misjudgment of probability before jumping
> to
> such a conclusion....).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julio Varela [mailto:jav65@bellsouth.net]
> Sent: 19 January 2001 05:06
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: Myths and Memes: Distinction?
>
>
> Hello list members,
>
> I'm new to the list and a relative newcomer to the study of
> memetics. I'm a doctoral student at Florida State University (USA) in
> the Humanities department and my dissertation has a theoretical
> component that incorporates memetics. One of the issues I'm wrestling
> with is how to make a useful distinction between myths and memes: in
> short, what is the nature of their relationship? I would greatly
> appreciate any insights, reading recommendations and suggestions you all
> might have on this topic. Thank you very much.
>
> All the best,
>
> Julio Varela
>
>
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