From: James Ganong (JGanong@webtv.net)
Date: Sat Jan 23 1999 - 04:56:05 MST
The Market would seem to fit certain criteria' matching those of a
collective/conceptual entity,
despite being a set of relationships of objects.
Indeed, the Economy would also seem to fit these criteria. Even if the
Economy is viewed as a stage where interactions are played out, there
must be entities such as nations & corporations playing their roles, in
addition to the individual humans.
I guess my point is that Ayn Rand was wrong;
there are plenty of things consisting of smaller
(semi)autonomous units that act as & are treated by others as discreet
entities. Doesn't systems theory have something to say about
whether or nor something is a discreet entity depends on what level of
organization within a system you are analysing @ the moment?
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