True knowledge requires oral dialogue, not mere reading

Evidence

Writing is shallow in its effects because reading books may give a specious sense of knowledge that in reality can be attained only by oral question and answer; and such knowledge in any case goes deep only when it is inscribed in memory, “when it is written in the soul of the learner” — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 639

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to McLuhan’s and Ong’s work on orality versus literacy. — connects to: Oral culture distributes knowledge more evenly than printed literacy — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 642; Deep Listening practice is comprehended through doing, not abstract study — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 653; Knowledge lives in conversation, with science as one valued strand — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 368 (+15 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 639

Related

• Knowledge lives in conversation, with science as one valued strand (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Knowledge lives in conversation, with science as one valued strand #corroborates (0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 368
• Scholarship is a civil conversation rather than a contest over truth #corroborates (0.70) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 333
• Deep Listening practice is comprehended through doing, not abstract study #expands (0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 653
• True thinking requires an internal dialogue among conflicting viewpoints. #qualifies (0.60) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 727
• Communication constitutes reality rather than merely representing it #expands (0.55) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 382
• Collective intellectual work requires respectful dialogic engagement to manage conflicting perspectives #expands (0.50)
• Language enables meanings rather than passively carrying them #expands (0.50)
• Plato argues that real knowledge derives from concepts rather than sensory perception #qualifies (0.45) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 674
• Intellectual work must produce new knowledges rather than recirculate known conclusions #expands (0.40)
• Understanding arises only from perceiving causal links among facts, not from the facts themselves #qualifies (0.40) — Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French, Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition, 471