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Question: It is claimed that there has been an "explosion of knowledge" in the contemporary UK. Weigh up the arguments and evidence for this suggestion drawing on material, from at least two chapters of Book 5.
Answer: This essay will seek to demonstrate support for the explosion of knowledge in the contemporary UK claimed by some using examples from scientific and medical traditions specifically and more general areas as evidence for its conclusions.
A basic definition of knowledge; "the facts or experiences known by a person or a group of people" (Collins 1997 p634) serves only to elicit more questions about it. Social scientists look to answer these questions by examining roles of individuals, societies, experts, institutions, modes of assimilation and distribution. They look at its effect on societies and subsequently society's effect on it, examining power relations, risk, uncertainty and other impacts implicit in the proliferation and democratization of knowledge....(short extract)
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- Subject: Sociology
- Course: DD100
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 79%
- Words: 1823
- Date submitted: January 25, 2009
- Date written: November, 2004
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 331
