Re: [Air-l] conceptual lexicon

Jeremy wrote:

You can't get there from where you are. you have to toss the atomism and start considering that there are molecules and moles which act fundamentally different as a whole than as a collection of atoms.

I'm of course not questioning that collective behavior is distinct from atomistic or unitary behavior. I'm questioning whether "collective identity" meaningfully exists, anywhere - a question you and Elijah both dodged, even though I invited a half dozen kinds of possible responses. For example (again) what is the "collective identity" of this list? -eg