Timothy Williamson, social anthropology, and questions of exchange (and appendix with NHS food chat)

Timothy Williamson has a chapter of his 2020 book Philosophical Method which is entitled "Using other fields." One of the sections focuses on social anthropology, while other sections focus on other disciplines. Williamson presents his conception of social anthropology in the social anthropology section. In this paper, I latch on to his reference to asking questions as something an anthropologist does. I present two interpretations of what he has in mind in detail, unsure which of these interpretations is correct. I also present some experience of mine of asking questions, amongst local Mandarin speakers. This paper is really an attempt to imitate a certain philosopher, namely Helen Beebee (or Helen Beebee with my specialist knowledge).