[lit-ideas] What Every School-Boy Knows

McCreery:
 
"One conclusion, however, is sure. Oxford dons poring over their  local
dialect of English and approaching their project in a spirit that  requires
the constant challenge of assumptions  may produce all sorts of  charming or
interesting comments. Knowledge they cannot be."

-- and then minutes ago, I've just posted a LOONG post on one Oxford don I  
like
which thus McCreery, upon fear of gagging, will ignore.
 
But I cannot see how you can be so sure about the conclusion. Do you _know_  
it.
 
Also, it's not clear what 'they' refers to in your final sentence in the  
passage above.
 
Surely the charming don's 'assumption' is never _claimed_ to be  'knowledge'.

Knowledge is demystified by the Oxford don. It's placed in  perspective,
within philosophy of perception, and so-called 'epistemology'.
Is discussed by Englishmen vis a vis other Englishmen to rectify
the Englishmen's conception on how to use 'know'.
They will not accept 'prescriptions' -- and each don -- but not  necessarily
his tuttee -- will put forward his definition to _calm_ his Socratic
zeal for "maieuticks", not because he has to please, God forbid,
Popper or Feyerabend.
 
Cheers,
 
J. L. S.
   B. A., Argentina
 
 





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