I don't think meme theory has much to do with Foucault. That kind of
structural analysis would presuppose that knowledge exists as
recognizable, isolable concepts or units whose history transcends culture
and practice, rather than viewing knowledge as a certain kind of practice
through historically different techniques....
Pragmatism, and Dewey, however, elaborated something like the "survival of
the fittest ideas" if I am not correct.
foucault-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/03/2006 12:31:18 PM:
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for information about how discourses replicate.
>
> I think memetic theory provides some insight into the reproduction of
> discourses. I would like to know if there is some sources where I can
> look into this further.
>
> Can memes be interpreted in the categories used in Archeology of
> knowledge? Is a meme a 'statement' or it is a 'discourse'?
>
> I have a feeling that there might be some use into looking at
> discourses in terms of fitness and I just wonder if anyone knows where
> I can begin looking to see if this feeling holds any water.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Sam
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structural analysis would presuppose that knowledge exists as
recognizable, isolable concepts or units whose history transcends culture
and practice, rather than viewing knowledge as a certain kind of practice
through historically different techniques....
Pragmatism, and Dewey, however, elaborated something like the "survival of
the fittest ideas" if I am not correct.
foucault-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/03/2006 12:31:18 PM:
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for information about how discourses replicate.
>
> I think memetic theory provides some insight into the reproduction of
> discourses. I would like to know if there is some sources where I can
> look into this further.
>
> Can memes be interpreted in the categories used in Archeology of
> knowledge? Is a meme a 'statement' or it is a 'discourse'?
>
> I have a feeling that there might be some use into looking at
> discourses in terms of fitness and I just wonder if anyone knows where
> I can begin looking to see if this feeling holds any water.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Sam
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