Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:39:42 -0800
From: Ruth Groff <rgroff-AT-yorku.ca>
Subject: Re: BHA: PON ch. 3 question


Hi Mervyn,

Thanks a lot.  Would you have a minute to say a word or two for me about the difference between "person(s)" and "people."  You distinguish between the "psychological unit" and the "whole embodied self" -- this would seem to suggest, though, that the philosophy of psychology (or of agency, within social science) that Bhaskar is working out in this section is limited (consciously so?), in that it doesn't get at whole embodied selves (but rather at "psychological units").  Do you think he would have meant to delimits things that way at the time, even if he would now?  This is not meant to be a loaded question; I genuinely appreciate any insights you or others have.

Thanks again,
Ruth



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