Encouraging the world to contemplate its accumulated life’s knowledge and philosophies (ideas they hold true), helps set the stage for people to become/improve as critical thinkers when they are presented with new information. A critical thinker collects all the information she has about a topic (previous knowledge base and any new information), examines it all carefully, determines if it agrees with her prior understanding of the topic, and then extracts the truth to the best of her ability. She can then use her findings to better contemplate her own opinions, and change them if necessary. Once her own analysis is completed, she can thoughtfully communicate to other people what she believes the truth to be, including what she might have learned from the exercise. This careful thought process to try to determine the truth about a topic can lead to a healthy discourse between people sharing their opinions, beliefs, and ideas. An understanding of how one can achieve the result of a healthy discourse is indeed the main purpose of this book.
[Excerpt taken from my extended blog from December, 2022 which is no longer in this blog sequence.]
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