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On Quantity and Quality in Human Knowledge
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Wagensberg J
Biol Theory
2015[]; 10
(3
): 273-280
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Any discipline of human knowledge is characterized by three fundamental elements:
the complexity of its content, the method used for its elaboration, and the
language used for its expression. This article argues that any method for making
knowledge is a particular combination of three main components that we can call
(a) science, (b) art, and (c) revelation. The right combination depends on the
complexity of the slice of reality that we wish to understand in each case. Is
there a relationship between the quantity and quality of a particular piece of
knowledge and the quantity and quality of its eventual audience? Such a
relationship serves, I believe, to avoid certain old misunderstandings.