What is knowledge anyway? A visit to the Shanghai Natural History Museum

Nicole des Bouvrie
Sep 1, 2018 · 6 min read
What is knowledge, and how to present it? Image taken at Shanghai Nation History Museum, June 2018, by Nicole des Bouvrie

Going to a museum is always an interesting experience. But even more so when you go to a museum in a country very different from your own. As I was living in China, not speaking Chinese, there are only so many ways to get to know China and the Chinese people. Museums make for a very interesting place to visit. For several reasons. I’ll try to show some things I saw…

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Nicole des Bouvrie

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Writer, teacher & freelance philosopher, PhD. Author of "Why philosophers are crazy” (Damon, 2018). Dutch. https://www.nobyeni.com

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