Re: age
Stanford M. Lyman (slyman@gate.net)
Tue, 27 Feb 1996 05:04:49 -0500
At 08:12 PM 2/24/96 -0600, you wrote:
>I was thinking aren't there really different types of "age?" You know
>like mental age, physical age, or even spiritual age (if you want to get
>metaphysical)? Even though, according to my birth certificate I am going
>to be 36 years old this year, I still like to act like I am 12 sometimes???
>Is that objective? Perhaps we need to define exactly what "age" means?
>Beth
>
>Beth: Instead of seeking an exaqct definition for "age", try to remember
that any and every usage of "age" is a social construction that has more or
less legitimation, local or universal application, culture-specific or non
culture-specific application.
Stanford M. Lyman