There is the theory that the mind is a construction of culture. Essentially we use tools (such as maps or fingers to count) which are external to us, later become internalized. It´s an oversimplification but the point being is that you need other people for minds to develop, and this development happens through culture. [1]
The thing that we talk about here is the property of Emergence. [2]
"In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own, properties or behaviors which emerge only when the parts interact in a wider whole. "
There is the theory that the mind is a construction of culture. Essentially we use tools (such as maps or fingers to count) which are external to us, later become internalized. It´s an oversimplification but the point being is that you need other people for minds to develop, and this development happens through culture. [1]
The thing that we talk about here is the property of Emergence. [2]
"In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own, properties or behaviors which emerge only when the parts interact in a wider whole. "
[1] https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/book/the-encyc...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence