[MD] Patterns

[Ron Kulp]

[Arlo previously]
I guess it means just what it says. "Original thoughts" do not pop out
of the
brain of some Miraculous Lone Individual, but emerge only from
individuals-in-social-activity. Moreso, the "individual" is herself a
confluence between an assimilated shared dialogue and the unique
experience of
her as a bounded organism. Even moreso still, of course, we must
remember that
the "self" (if this is what you mean by "individual") is an idea, or
rather a
collection of ideas. 

[Platt]
So is that a Yes or a No or a Maybe? 

[Arlo]
In the context of my answer, yes, of course. In the context of the "Lone
Isolated Individual", the answer is no.

Ron:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being