Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 00:29:43 +0000
From: Chris Lees <chrislees@easynet.co.uk>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Is a meme a thing?
Mark wrote :
> Is a 'meme' a thing?
>
> No. It is a concept.
<snip>
> a) genes are things, memes are concepts: Lynch, Gatherer, Marsden, Price
> and many others
> b) genes are things, memes are things: I don't know of any publications
> taking this position, but posters to this list sometimes take it.
> Howlett's answer to your question takes this perspective.
> c) genes are concepts, memes are concepts: Wilkins, Emeche, Hoffmeyer
> d) genes are concepts, memes are things: No one takes this position.
Yeah, but surely the trouble with what you say, is
that all ' things ' are always (also) concepts.... ?
Chris.
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~chrislees/tao.index.html
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