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Inquiry
Inquiry and Uncertainty
Sorrentino, Richard M., and Roney, Christopher J.R. (2000), The Uncertain Mind : Individual Differences in Facing the Unknown, (Essays in Social Psychology, Miles Hewstone (ed.)), Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia, PA.
This is a landmark publication in a stream of literature that is key to understanding the dynamics of inquiry in any human enterprise that is — at least, ostensibly — directed toward the development of information, knowledge, wisdom.
Integrative Education
Learning Organizations
Governance
Critizendium
Democracy and Inquiry
Citation from Susan Awbrey and David Scott (1993), "Educating Critical Thinkers for a Democratic Society", that in turn cites Hilary Putnam (1992), Renewing Philosophy.
The importance of preparing individuals for their role as citizens in a democratic society is well documented. However, the reverse assertion is less broadly understood. That is, a democratic environment, in which dialogue and critical thinking are prized, is not only facilitative of but vital to the full development of intelligence. Philosopher Hilary Putnam (1992) refers to what he calls the epistemological justification of democracy which he attributes to John Dewey, "The claim, then, is this: Democracy is not just one form of social life among other workable forms of social life; it is the precondition for the full application of intelligence to the solution of social problems" (p. 180)¹.
¹ Putnam, H. (1992), Renewing Philosophy, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
- Awbrey, S.M., and Scott, D.K. (August 1993), "Educating Critical Thinkers for a Democratic Society", presented at 'Critical Thinking : The Reform of Education and the New Global Economic Realities', Thirteenth Annual International Conference of The Center for Critical Thinking, Rohnert, CA. Archived, ERIC Document ED4703251. Eprint.
Unintended Consequences of the Community Metaphor
- September 26, 2006, 06:26:27 AM
- The Name of the Pose … The Name of the Posse
- Having rode a good ways down the road of good intentions that led to many bad and ugly things at Wikipedia, I will persist, for a while longer, in suggesting that we engage in a serious and duly reflective critical examination of the community metaphor that lurks behind the presumably innocent use of the word "constable", or any other word of a similar order, for the role in question.
- Jon Awbrey
- Last Edit: September 26, 2006, 07:42:20 AM by Jon Awbrey