Do you define a secondary artifact as when it is culturally transmitted?
How so?
Bill-- Seems like it would be pretty difficult to create a secondary
artifact outside of the conditions of its joint use where someone formulates
a statement that has a primary artifact as a constituent.
I take the primary-secondary-tertiary artifact distinction to be a useful
heuristic and we have had some lively discussion recently about how any
artifact might be considered primary/secondary/or tertiary depending upon
conditions and modes of use. Naoki's ideas seem relevant here.
mike