One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society and act in accordance with that decision only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine.
If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to apply to that society.
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If we look at the realm of knowledge how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses how wide is that we gain from other sources.