1. Which philosopher or epistemological position from Hotz and Marquis articles for the study of epistemology? or Descartes, Hume, or Chuang Tzu or Feldman quotes a passage from Meno do you consider most relevant to the applied epistemological issues Why?

2. Nonaka and Nishiguchi discuss the steps companies have taken to overcome barriers to knowledge sharing with suppliers and competitors-coevolution and coopetition. Many textbooks on knowledge management, however, caution firms to protect their intellectual property thoroughly and carefully through noncompete agreements, patents, nondisclosure agreements, and other legal means, indicating that loss of intellectual property such as inventions, designs, processes, organizational structures, and marketing plans can damage organizational competiveness as much or more than losing capital equipment and other tangible assets. How is it possible to reconcile these competing points of view?