[MD] Animate vs inanimate

Ham Priday hampday1 at verizon.net
Mon Oct 16 14:54:03 PDT 2006


[Case said]:

> Hey Guys,
>
> Just to chime in here I think the animate/inanimate distinction is
> one of those fundamental dualisms you run into the more you
> look into things. It reminds me of several such dualisms in which
> I can discriminate how they are different and can generalize some
> similarities as well. In other words these are dualisms that look
> different but point in the same direction. Here are some:
>
> Animate Inanimate ...

Try Sentient and Insentient.  It will steer you away from looking at
behavior, which is what you invariably "look at" to make this distinction.

Ham





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