六人行7.29 issue

迷失的鱼UID: 2850922

TOPIC: ISSUE153 - "Students should bring a certain skepticism to whatever they study. They should question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively."
WORDS: 521
TIME: 00:50:00
DATE: 2010/7/29 13:06:14

Skepticism is by definition a honest to search of knowledge, a attitude that nether initially accept proclaims nor dismiss them. It is questioning and testing claims for validity. Whether it is always helpful? Should we bring certain skepticism to EVERYTHING we study? I will talk about it as follows.

Denying skepticism helps a lot during study is remarkably inaccurate. Skepticism gives us courage to say "No", which needs enough confidence and relative knowledge. When we question the study, first we should clearly know what the study is talking about and
establish a detailed knowledge system about it. Only have done adequate homework can we question whether it is reasonable, and through this argument we can know the object better with broader perspective, deeper understanding and abundant relative knowledge. For example, the educational idea of Socrates, a great ancient Greece philosopher, is question and answer, to question the original definitions and test early idea, with argument they can strengthen knowledge and learn new thought they used to ignore. This method of teaching is widely approved and one of his students, Plato, another master of philosopher continue Socrates educational idea to enlighten a lot of people. In that case, skepticism raises care about the basic and relative knowledge about the study, which will undoubtedly improve our understanding.

Without skepticism, to a person, he will lack skeptic thinking, logical reasoning and also creation; to a society or a nation, it will lose impulse of changing the unreasonable, resulting in deficiency of amelioration. Both individuals and society will be confused and lost in the current of study, not having ability of judgment.

However, overdoes skepticism is harmful for it not only waste too much time but also spend additional energy. For example, if one people care too much about every tiny thing of the study and question every definition he comes across, he will be trapped in the swamp of study because there must be endless relative knowledge which link even more definitions. Unless he can jump out of the circle and have a wider look at the study as a whole, he will pay a lot on time and soul in return of little progress. In that case, skepticism is essential on one hand, on the other hand we should balance it with initial acceptance with our limited time and soul.

Skepticism does not always bring logical thinking. When we are over skeptic about one thing but gaining little explanation or answer. Disappointedly we may turn for help of something "mystery" and apotheosized things, which is proved illogical and defying science. Such as supernatural, paranormal, alience, UFO, when we have no idea but resist to explain it, we may persuade ourselves or public with some strange and unreasoning reasons. Therefore, this kind of skepticism adversely harms the original idea of questioning and testing. According to argument above, we should not categorically believe skepticism helpful.

In sum, skepticism offers us a pursuit of further study and deeper understanding. However, while it is helpful with proper skepticism, overdoes will not only cause a lot of unnecessary cost but also lead people to the illogic opposite.

Eileen312UID: 2648750

Skepticism is by definition a honest[honest是n.] to search of knowledge, a[an] attitude that nether initially accept proclaims[proclaim是Vt.] nor dismiss them[限制定义的作用是并便于后文论述，但是这个定义孤零零放在这里与后文没关系]. It is questioning and testing claims for validity[这句话看不懂]. Whether it is always helpful? Should we bring certain skepticism to EVERYTHING we study? I will talk about it as follows.[还是很特别的开头，但是由于用词的原因，有很强的chinglish感。有点像字对字地从中文到英文进行映射]

Denying skepticism helps a lot during study is remarkably inaccurate. Skepticism gives us courageto say "No", which needs enough confidence and relativeknowledge[这一句与上下文，尤其与下文有什么关联呢]. When we question the study, first we should clearly know what the study is talking about and establish a detailed knowledge system about it. Only have [only by having]done adequate homework can we question whether it is reasonable, and through this argument we can know the object better with broader perspective, deeper understanding and abundant relative knowledge. [后面的例子与这里说的“adequate homework”无关啊！！！]For example, the educational idea of Socrates, a great ancient Greece philosopher, is question and answer, to question the original definitions and test early idea,[“.”] with argument they can strengthen knowledge and learn new thought they used to ignore. This method of teaching is widely approved and one of his students, Plato, another master of philosopher continue Socrates educational idea to enlighten a lot of people[Plato的例子没有体现于段落主题的关联啊，觉得多余]. In that case, skepticism raises care about the basic and relative knowledge about the study, which will undoubtedly improve our understanding.[柏拉图和苏格拉底的例子很独特，不会与别的考生重合。但是不能支撑论点。这一段逻辑混乱，段首说“help”，中间加了confidence，后面主题是背景知识，例子却又与背景知识无关]

Without skepticism, to a person, he will lack skeptic thinking, logical reasoning and also creation; to a society or a nation, it will lose impulse of changing the unreasonable, resulting in deficiency of amelioration. Both individuals and society will be confused and lost in the current of study, not having ability of judgment. [why?稍微展开一点点就好]

However, overdoes skepticism is harmful for it not only waste too much time but also spend[cost] additional energy. For example, if one people care too much about every tiny thing of the study and question every definition he comes across, he will be trapped in the swamp of study because there must be endless relative knowledge which link even more definitions. Unless he can jump out of the circle and have a wider look at the study as a whole, he will pay a lot on time and soul in return of little progress. In that case, skepticism is essential on one hand, on the other hand we should balance it with initial acceptance with our limited time and soul.[这段开头结尾句一致，但是中间偏向了整体与部分，没有着重skepticism]

Skepticism does not always bring logical thinking. When we are over skeptic about one thing but gaining little explanation or answer. Disappointedly we may turn for help of something "mystery" and apotheosized things, which is proved illogical and defying science. Such as supernatural, paranormal, alience, UFO, when we have no idea but resist to explain it, we may persuade ourselves or public with some strange and unreasoning reasons. Therefore, this kind of skepticism adversely harms the original idea of questioning and testing. According to argument above, we should not categorically believe skepticism helpful.

In sum, skepticism offers us a pursuit of further study and deeper understanding. However, while it is helpful with proper skepticism, overdoes will not only cause a lot of unnecessary cost but also lead people to the illogic opposite[illogic opposite又是chinglish].


[语言很好，但是这次的逻辑没有上次那么顺畅]
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