I want to know the answer to the following question:
According to Brian Cowan, was learning more or less formal in coffehouses as opposed to private institutions?
All the background I'm provided with is that "According to Cowan, "the coffeehouse was a place for like-minded scholars to congregate, to read, as well as learn from and to debate with each other, but was emphatically not a university institution, and the discourse there was of a far different order than any university tutorial."". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no