Bert hamminga Questions about Knowledge


Control questions:

  1. What involves the concept of knowledge in a culture?
  2. Which three types of knowledge does every culture have?
  3. The text distinguishes three ways of personal knowledge acquisition. Which ones?
  4. What makes oral tradition felt most suitable by some culture? What makes heavy reliance on writing felt most suitable by other cultures?
  5. What does the text mean to say by: "who after all invented that good habit of hanging a rattle in a baby's cradle?"
  6. What is the standard economic way of modeling the knowledge of producers? How is growth of knowledge modeled?
  7. What is the primary subject of philosophy of science?
  8. What role do universities play in scientific research?