Intellectual work must produce new knowledges rather than recirculate known conclusions
Evidence
Reflective thinking makes us look at links. It requires that we see a connection from the known to the unknown. We reach a conclusion in one set of facts by deciding what inferences may be drawn from other sets. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 761 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Truth-telling critical work produces new knowledges rather than circular confirmations of known positions.; Deep wisdom may lie in maintaining wonder rather than accumulating answers — , A Year of World Stories, 10898; Academic success can neutralize critical projects into received knowledge (+19 more)
Related
- Reflective thinking connects known facts to unknown conclusions through inferences (similarity 0.89)
- Truth-telling critical work produces new knowledges rather than circular confirmations of known positions. (similarity 0.87)
- Understanding arises only from perceiving causal links among facts, not from the facts themselves (similarity 0.82)
- Reflective thought forms a chain of linked units toward a common end (similarity 0.82)
- Knowledge acquisition is an active creative process, not mechanical reception (similarity 0.80)
- Scientists pursue truth by actively seeking invalidation of their beliefs (similarity 0.79)
- Reflective thought transforms obscurity and conflict into clarity and coherence (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Truth-telling critical work produces new knowledges rather than circular confirmations of known positions.
#corroborates(0.90) - Academic success can neutralize critical projects into received knowledge
#expands(0.60) - Reflective thinking connects known facts to unknown conclusions through inferences
#expands(0.50) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 761 - Deep wisdom may lie in maintaining wonder rather than accumulating answers
#qualifies(0.35) — , A Year of World Stories, 10898 - Knowledge lives in conversation, with science as one valued strand
#complicates(0.30) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 368