The debate over the nature of knowledge has long contended with the distinction between theoretical understanding (knowing that) and the capacity to perform tasks (knowing how). This research topic ...

Cardiff Metropolitan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Knowledge can take many forms. There is “knowledge by acquaintance”, as in knowing a person or place. There is ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Jason Riley, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. Mr. Mokyr is an economic historian who has focused on understanding why we got the so-called ...

The current Nobel Prize in Economics has been given to three economists — Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt — who have studied the role of technological change and creative destruction in ...

This post is in response to Knowledge Is Dead By John Nosta John Nosta’s recent essay, “Knowledge Is Dead,” on Psychology Today makes a bold and provocative claim. He asserts that the traditional ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize for Economics has gone to three economists - two of them based in the US, although neither is US-born, and the third, in France - 'for having explained innovation-driven economic ...