Greetings Economists,
On Sep 2, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
knowledge itself can be
considered a product in any useful sense.
Doyle;
Ahhh, I see where we disagree. Let me consider your OED definitions.
CC quotes OED;
1828 SCOTT F.M.
Perth viii, So saying, he produced, from the hawking pouch already
mentioned, the stiffened hand. 1877 Act 40 & 41 Vict. c. 60 ยง5 Any
person..may, on producing..a copy of his authorisation
Doyle;
That seems to say what I am saying, the authorisation is produced. The
copy is a reproduction of knowledge of the authority in the
circumstance. Where probably by hand it was written.
or
CC quotes OED,
1966 Listener 6 Oct. 515/2, I think it was
over-ambitious of Mr Wheeler to produce and write the script, yet one
cannot belittle his success in presenting very clearly the broad scope
of his subject.
Doyle;
Again the writer 'produces' a script or text based information of his
knowledge as the writer reproduces a novel on paper of the writers
thoughts.
I think of knowledge as not just something in the head of human
awareness of being as Sartre would have it, but what we record in our
information technologies whether quite old as writing is or more up to
date as movie production is. Do you disagree? Perhaps there is an
error in my view?
Doyle
