Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 11:49:22 -0600
Subject:  Re: Chicken or Egg -Reply -Reply




>>> Matt D. <afn02065-AT-afn.org>  4/11/96, 10:42am >>>
Well, where is the non-group, non-social human being you take as
_your_ starting point?  Is there any evidence for the existence of
non-enculturated isolated individuals?  Is there any evidence that
human beings have not _always_ engaged in "collective production and
reproduction"?

Lisa:  You either misunderstand me or misrepresent me.  I'd
appreciate a definition of "collective".  Aren't other species
totally dependent upon lengthy parenting and social learning in order
to live?  Do gorillas ever live alone?

Matt: Doesn't the extended childhood of humans _demand_ that people
have always and everywhere engaged in "collective production and
reproduction" -- that in fact this is a necessary condition for the
exis-tence of human beings?
The existence of humanity is predicated on sociality.

Lisa:  And 'sociality' is predicated on ... what?  



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