Where does thought come from? was Re: lbo-talk-digest V1 #4706

[Dennis Breslin]

> i think carrol cox pointed to infants developing ritualistic
> behaviour (thats my term, i forget what he used) before
> language. further, animals which do not have/use language the
> way we do seem to exhibit many ritualistic practices. there
> is other evidence but none of all this is hard evidence of
> course. and then, there is also the complement of your
> question: define language.
> 
> --ravi
>
ritual is not habitual tho rituals can be.

I think most people mean by language as a complex ways and
means of symbolization.  Symbols are the ultimate in the social.

Dennis Breslin