On the philosophical significance of the knowledge economy

Paper Keywords: knowledge economy, knowledge economy, production of human freedom
Abstract: With the knowledge economy is in possession of knowledge, the use of production to achieve economic income position of the dominant socio-economic patterns. The philosophical significance of the knowledge-based economy led to capital, land and other objects of dependence to self reliance in the people and "based on the full development of individuals and their shared social productivity as their social wealth based on the freedom of individuality."

Knowledge of the meaning of human freedom has been relatively clear. What the philosophical significance of the knowledge economy? This problem it is not clear. The significance of the knowledge economy is not equivalent to the significance of knowledge, although the two are linked. The fundamental purpose of philosophy is human freedom of the knowledge economy lies in its philosophical significance of the significance of this purpose this paper, starting from the concept of knowledge, examining the relationship between knowledge and economic, on this basis to reveal the nature of the knowledge economy, and thus reveal the philosophical significance of the knowledge economy.

(A) the meaning and forms of knowledge
Understand this concept but a logical starting point for understanding the knowledge economy, knowledge and understanding of economists attributed to 4 W or 6W, translated into philosophical language is one aspect of a phenomenon of a correct understanding, including (a one exists) to define the phenomenon (including its subject what, who and their functions, properties as well as their where, when identification), the reasons for the phenomenon (why) knowledge and understanding of the phenomenon of the use of (how), which the formation of different levels of knowledge: information (given the state of the individual specific time), experience (not through the rigorous proof of certain things more stable understanding of the linkages), scientific principles (through rigorous verification and validation of certain types of matter Hook the stability of the understanding of the links), technology, design, planning, etc. (the link between how things reached a certain understanding of the purpose or function); and even to emotional and other non-rational means to grasp the object obtained knowledge of good and beauty should also belong to the scope of knowledge, because it is generally not realized through their own feelings, or knowledge of language to convey it revealed people gain good experience and enjoy the beauty of spirit, this is the film art as a basis for intellectual property .

To understand the philosophical significance of the knowledge economy, where the description of modern society, with particular knowledge in the form of the performance of the economy in modern society, most of the knowledge economy into the operation area, thus forming its various economic manifestations: economic information, materials, patents, proprietary technology, business secret secret, management, copyright, etc., and some form of price participation in economic circulation, and finally into people's consumption. reveal that in some form The price for the same measure of economic knowledge of the relationship between the shape is very important, and only through such a conversion in order to reveal the status of knowledge in the economy, the production of knowledge in order to reveal the extent to which social production.

(B) economic relations with the knowledge
Knowledge generated in the unconscious, after the development of the slave society began to consciously knowledge production. In the slave society, the knowledge to produce the material means of subsistence for the purpose of one is still very strong, his master of intellectuals, some of the feudal ruling class of intellectuals in the quest for knowledge to a large extent out of the outside world curiosity, or for the ruling order service to the seeds of capitalism during the rise, the utilitarian nature of the knowledge of the material was growing.

Knowledge first and foremost as a utilitarian means of material as a means of utilitarian material, the role of the knowledge economy in any society are fundamental. There is no knowledge without an economy, humans rely on wild fruits, game to fill its belly, only human The discovery of the fruit fell to the ground and plant next spring to grow new plants and fruits formed only after the invention of agriculture, industry every step of the development is even more obviously dependent on the science, business information basically leave no way out, services as well. not to stage the knowledge economy is based. is not only a basic knowledge of, or push of the capitalist countries to promote the economy are rooted in every major scientific and technological revolution, which is well known. leave innovation, capitalist economy will perish.

To grasp the basic role of the knowledge economy, we must clarify the physical and mental work is the relationship between knowledge production. Manual that is practice, practice that people have a conscious purpose to transform the material and explore the activities of material objects.'s Practice different in animal and machine activities fundamental difference between prescriptive is that it is purposeful and conscious. who knows why he done, to know what to do, know why. To be sure, if physical activity is conscious of the purpose of consciousness and dominated by external knowledge, it only becomes human labor. and from this manual is produced, it has been provided directly by the knowledge that from this sense, the manual is only the result of the materialization of mental activities and processes, knowledge of labor is more symbolic of things.'s sense of control that determines the nature of physical activity, which depends on the proper sense of the success of this activity, performance. Not only that, regular physical early knowledge of human labor is only materialized in the form; with advancing industrialization, such activity is becoming more widely to the machines, whereas others turn to the production of knowledge, so the entire contents of human society, the economy, is but the production of knowledge and use.

Knowledge not only exists as an economic basis, but with the economic development of increasingly become an economic purpose. Engels put into subsistence survival, development, and enjoy the three types of information which the data in the development and enjoyment of knowledge is an integral part in productivity is low, it is mainly for subsistence and run around the case of non-material knowledge as pure utilitarian goods is negligible, and productivity is high, more leisure time, the situation is completely changed, the corresponding knowledge has become important objective of economic power and economic development, knowledge production and as consumer goods production (science, films, games, etc.) and make the entire social production relations of production significantly affected.

(C) the nature of the knowledge economy
Some scholars believe that the division of social and economic needs of the independent production form, requires new methods of production [1]. Production is the way to achieve economic income, which is the unity of the productive forces and production relations, expressed as a factor of production in the possession and distribution of the share. I believe that no one mode of production is independent, because the interdependence between the factors of production can not be separated, not a mode of production can be kept separate from other production methods. Not a mode of production in a capitalist economy after the new, but in different historical periods as factors of production of different levels of development, the status is different. an economic form is that it is established according to the dominant position within the mode of production. factors of production's role in production and the condition of its share in the distribution of income, it determines its position in the economy and economic forms of nature.

To understand the nature of the knowledge economy need to understand knowledge as a mode of production of meaning. What is knowledge production? Knowledge production is the production of knowledge obtained by virtue of the possession of knowledge of subsistence mode of production. Patents, intangible assets, technology shares and other It is this specific form of production in knowledge has not yet fully developed and more intense competition is not the age, knowledge is still subordinate to the land or capital, when according to knowledge-based revenue accounted for more than based on other factors of production to obtain income proportion of the society to knowledge on the main production mode of production, capital, physical position of decline in production, so that the social and economic transition to a knowledge economy.

Therefore, by virtue of the knowledge economy is in possession of knowledge, the use of production to achieve economic income socio-economic status of the dominant form of knowledge economy and economic growth criterion, the distribution, with little industry. In order to accurately determine the amount of whether a country's economy is knowledge-based economy, we must produce the same knowledge as knowledge production, transmission services and equipment industry to distinguish, for example, the communications industry, the publishing industry's revenue growth, not only because it itself contains a large number of cutting-edge scientific knowledge of the cause, but other knowledge is built on the basis of increased production of income, so the output value of these industries share of GNP is not sufficient to reflect the share of knowledge production revenue to GNP. Links to free download http://www . hi138.com (d) the philosophical significance of the knowledge economy
People's status in society, and freedom depends on his position in the economy, the economy's position depends on his possession of factors of production and its distribution in the position. In a monopoly position is always in a good position in the distribution, and vice versa is negative. In a society so far, land, capital, monopoly is very strong, the ability of such person's physical productivity is the most widely distributed elements of the least productive elements of monopoly, and with the natural productivity of the alternative, the more its requirements to less. so people's status, rights depends on the land, capital and other material possession, the dependence of material to form the basis of people's independence. People to become slaves of money.

As capital grows, competition between capital and knowledge to accelerate the development and use of knowledge in a competitive, profit growth promoting effect is more clearly shown. Capital is increasingly dependent on knowledge, especially in the more modern is dependent on the talents of various kinds of knowledge of modern groups, making the status of knowledge in the capital before the increase, its worth the allocation has also been improved, specifically the performance of knowledge and expertise to improve the treatment, increase the proportion of intangible assets, which in turn promote knowledge production, knowledge-based industries or engaged in mental work increased, the income share of GNP accounted for the gradual expansion and the formation of interaction, the last is the knowledge economy.

Knowledge is a special kind of factors of production. First, it's possession, use, and harvesting is intangible, can not see, can not control, you can occupy a person's physical, but can not share his ideas, so the possession of natural knowledge is a mental possession, especially innovative, he has a monopoly of knowledge innovation. This monopoly is higher than the capital, land and capital which makes it the game favorable. Second, knowledge is the product of mental work, although Its production also requires capital, but it mainly relies on the people's own creativity and have knowledge, not capital, so the true knowledge-based society, people of the capital, land and other objects is less dependent, and increasingly The smaller, mainly depends on the people themselves from dependency to get rid of the land to get rid of dependence on capital, it depends on the nature of their possession, more freedom, so it is more in line with Marx's goal of full possession of his essence [2] In this economy depends on the freedom of the human nature of people's own development.

(1) "Knowledge sharing is knowledge of core social values ​​and core practices of the foundation." "Knowledge in itself, if not a 'global public goods', at least a' common public wealth '." [3] 178' order to end the long-term counter-productive state of technology, ... ... all the research articles freely available on the Internet for the public inquiry, "[3] 118, which makes it possible to free their own interests and expertise and comprehensive development.

(2) "the rise of network society, and the consequent reduction in transaction costs from a share in the same exchange and cooperation within the group began to produce the final emergence of new forms of organization. Networks tend to be very free society organizational model to facilitate cooperation in such mode, the network structure itself to create a shared process of collective control conditions. to make a decision to join the sharing of knowledge, need to meet certain conditions, the most basic one is to add groups of individuals to share their full trust in the exchange of information, there is no "loss of control. "[3] 179 This is similar to Marx's vision of free association.

Can be seen, the knowledge economy is not only economic growth, major changes in distribution, but also the social and human freedom of a major change: land, capital and other objects of dependence to self reliance in the people and "based on individual overall development and their shared social productivity as their social wealth based on the freedom of individuality "[4], which is the philosophical significance of the knowledge economy.

References:
[1] Ye Xianming Science regulate the "knowledge economy" areas [J]. philosophy, 1999, (02) :3-13.

[2] Marx, Engels, Marx and Engels Collected Works: Volume 42 [C]. Beijing: People's Publishing House, 1984:120.

[3] United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, from the information society towards a knowledge society [M]. UNESCO Publishing, 2005.

[4] Marx, Marx and Engels Collected Works: Vol 30 [C]. Beijing: People's Publishing House ,1995:107-108. Links to free download http://www.hi138.com