Paul wrote that "Consciousness is social, not individual."
And Andy, citing Ilyenkov, wrote:
>"... the passage (of Marx) may be understood to mean that man acquires a
>new, second plane of life activity precisely because he possesses
>consciousness and will, which the animal does not possess. But this is just
>the opposite of the case. Consciousness and will appear in man only because
>he already possesses a special plane of life activity that is absent in the
>animal world - activity directed towards the mastering of forms of life
>activity that are specifically social, purely social in origin and essence,
>and, therefore, not biologically encoded in him."
What evidence is there that no animals learn socially and that
animals do not learn activities that are "not biologically encoded"
in them?
Charles Nelson
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