On local knowledge,collective knowledge,and original local knowledge
Knowledge involves three major relationships in content:between humans and nature,between individuals,and between individuals and themselves.They correspond roughly to universality,locality,and personal knowledge which permeate one another.Local knowledge is essentially collective knowledge.Knowledge varies due to the process of cognition.Original local knowledge is a special type of knowledge rather than that in the ontological and epistemological sense.It has specific spatiotemporal concepts due to its boundary conditions and initial conditions:spatially,it governs individual and collective knowledge,and in most cases it is difficult to accept universal knowledge;temporally,it is hard to change due to its"original"nature but continues the law of the jungle in the animal world and accompanies humans as a"species"throughout their lives.This is a statement of fact,not a value judgment of good or bad,nor a logical judgment that can be inferred.Exploring original local knowledge from this perspective not only enriches the research field of epistemology but also provides a new viewpoint for studying the disparity of"places(groups)".