Epistemological Questions: No Man is an Island
"To postulate individual genius as the creative force in History is characteristic of the primitive stages of human consciousness." - E. Carr Imagine for a moment a person, male or female, born outside of society, completely void of any interaction with the world as we know it. Not simply is this person living on the fringes of our world, like Mowgli from The Jungle Book or Tarzan of the Apes, but rather they have lived their life completely separated from anything or anyone: alone. Can you see this person? What does he or she look like? What clothes are they wearing? Do they have any clothes? What language do they speak? Where would they have been exposed to it? What beliefs or thoughts do they have? Where would they have learned them? In such a predicament, which is obviously impossible in reality, this person would be unrecognizable. Void of all the things that make up what we all are, our imaginary friend would be a blank slate. They would have nothing to draw u...