issue153 学生的怀疑精神，回拍留连接(sally)

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153"Students should bring certain skepticism to whatever they study. They should question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively."

提纲
1，        怀疑是对旧学术的挑战，有利于新知识的开发，而这种开发可以推动社会的发展
2，        怀疑培养学生的辨证思维能力，这种能力有利于理智看待分析问题,而且，让学生再教育活动中起主导作用
3，        但是，过度的怀疑是对学术成就的不尊重，而且可能导致极端思想，不利于社会的和谐。

正文
Skepticism is the philosophical tradition that maintains that huamn beings can never arrive at any kind of certain knowledge. In this sense, there exists no absolute “truth” in any field of academy but only through never-ending questioning could we march toward the goal of maximal “truth”. Under such a circumstance, skepticism serves as a stimulus to inspire better improvement in academia and to foster critical thinking and ideation, both of which are conducive to academic progress.

To begin with, skepticism challenges the established knowledge. In this process, more often than not, faults would be discovered and this in turn forces students to conceive comparatively perfect ideas to slove problems. An striking example involves Socrates’s suspicion on his teacher, Aristotle’s philosophical theory, which was later proved to be unbecoming to the society. Brave and skeptical enough, Socrates put forward his own theory of criticla ratiocination. In his use of this theory, Socrates set the standerd for all subsequent Western philosophy and his doctrine and methord are all superior to those of Aristotle. From this case, we can see that skepticism on former ideas bear some immediate interest to discovery of mistakes and better development. As one towering british scholar once said(and I paraphrase): there is not whetstone like skepticism,to sharpen a good will and encourage a will to learn. In this sense, skepticism begets new ideas, better acquaintanceship and eventually propell progress of societal civilization.

In terms of skepticism’s relation with students’ capability, this is nowhere more true than on the issue that skepticism contributes to students’ capability of critical thinking, which by all mean is one imperative capacity in the quest of science.There is an illuminating ready-made example in point. In the argument section of AW exam, ETS means to evaluate students’ critical thinking ability in the academic research field. In this part of the test, the more skeptical you are, the more chance you stand to compose a sound analytical reasoning. With regard to this, students are highly recommended to bear a skeptical attitude to what they are taught so as to form a sagacious insight and therefore to view all issues in a reasonable and objective perspective. Deep down, skepticism tansforms students’ attitude in learning from passive to initiative,because if students tend to receive all things from teachers, they could not play a dominating role in the educational activity. Conversly , if stundents aret apt to question what teachers teach, they take on a dominant role in education. In this sense, skepticism does good to the formation of students’s better thinking ability and their role in the education activity.

But in recent decades, 'skeptic' has come to mean something else. It has come to mean the adoption of an attitude of scorn and derision towards any kind of anomalous data that contradicts current scientific beliefs, and the adoption of an air of condescension and superiority towards those who venture to investigate or write about anomalous phenomena. Consequently, without curbing excessive skepticism ,the whole academia,or even the whole society could be boggled down into chaos. Aside from this, excessive skepticism is also a symbol of disrespecting ever establishe accomplishment both in terms of academia and other industries. Having know this, we should encourage students to question but within a proper confines.

In closing, the gate of academia is always open to students with skeptical nature. Skepticisim enables students, adopting better knowledge, to drive out bad knowledge. Thus to advance the development of the society. Over-skepticism,however, would result in some negative effects, most importantly, it may destroy societal harmony. Therefore, students should be doubtful of what they are taught but to a proper degree.

[ 本帖最后由 sallyxindu 于 2006-2-20 22:32 编辑 ]

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Skepticism is the philosophical tradition which doubts that human beings can arrive at any kind of certain knowledge. In this sense, there exists no absolute “truth” in any field of academy but only through never-ending questioning could we march toward the goal of ultimate “truth”. Under such a circumstance, skepticism serves as a stimulus to foster critical thinking and ideation, both of which are conducive to academic progress.

To begin with, skepticism challenges the established knowledge and assumptions. In this process, more often than not, faults would be uncovered and this in turn forces students to conceive comparatively perfect ideas to solve problems. A striking example involves Aristotle’s suspicion on his teacher Plato’s, whose theory was later proved to be unconvincing and flawed. Brave and skeptical enough, A put forward his own theory through critical ratiocination.,and set the standerd for all subsequent Western philosophy. (his doctrine and methord are all superior to those of Aristotle). From this case, we can see that skepticism on former ideas bear some immediate interest on  discovery of mistakes and further development. As one towering british scholar once said(and I paraphrase): there is not whetstone like skepticism,to sharpen a good will and encourage a will to learn. In this sense, skepticism begets new ideas, better acquaintanceship and eventually propel progress of civilization.
(关于这一段 ： 最后一句总结过大了， 上面的例子没能support better acquaintanceship and even civilization. Maybe you need further develop the example or seek other examples. )

In terms of skepticism’s relation with students’ capability, this is nowhere more true than on the issue that skepticism contributes to students’ capability of critical thinking, which by all mean is one imperative capacity in the quest of science. There is an illuminating ready-made example in point. In the argument section of AW exam, ETS means to evaluate students’ critical thinking ability in the academic research field. In this part of the test, the more skeptical students are, the more chance they stand to compose a sound analytical reasoning. With regard to this, students are highly recommended to bear a skeptical attitude to what they are taught so as to form a sagacious insight and therefore to view all issues in a reasonable and objective perspective. Deep down, skepticism tansforms students’ attitude in learning from passive to initiative,because if students tend to receive all things from teachers, they could not play a dominating role in the educational activity. Conversly , if stundents aret apt to question what teachers teach, they take on a dominant role in education. In this sense, skepticism does good to the formation of students’s better thinking ability and their role in the education activity.
(not convincing, e.g. “if students tend to receive all things from teachers  they could not play a dominating role in the educational activity.” The example above cannot prove this. )
But in recent decades, 'skeptic' has come to mean something different. It has come to mean the adoption of an attitude of scorn and derision towards any kind of anomalous data that contradicts current scientific beliefs, and the adoption of an air of condescension and superiority towards those who venture to investigate or write about anomalous phenomena. Consequently, without curbing excessive skepticism ,the whole academia,or even the whole society could be boggled down into chaos(how become that, no example). Aside from this, excessive skepticism is also a symbol of disrespecting ever establishe accomplishment both in terms of academia and other industries. Having know this, we should encourage students to question but within a proper confines.

In closing, the gate of academia is always open to students with skeptical nature. Skepticisim enables students, to adopt better knowledge, to drive out bad knowledge. Thus to advance the development of the society. Over-skepticism,however, would result in some negative effects, worse, it may destroy societal harmony. Therefore, students should be doubtful of what they are taught but to a proper degree.
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正文
Skepticism is the philosophical tradition that maintains that huamn beings can never arrive at any kind of certain knowledge. In this sense, there exists no absolute “truth” in any field of academy but only through never-ending questioning could we march toward the goal of maximal “truth”. Under such a circumstance, skepticism serves as a stimulus to inspire better improvement in academia and to foster critical thinking and ideation, both of which are conducive to academic progress.
开头不错，首句从哲学观点解释SKEPTICISM一词，增加文章深度

To begin with, skepticism challenges the established knowledge. In this process, more often than not, faults would be discovered and this in turn forces students to conceive comparatively perfect ideas to slove problems. An striking example involves Socrates’s suspicion on his teacher, Aristotle’s philosophical theory指代不是很清楚, which was later proved to be unbecoming to the society. Brave and skeptical enough, Socrates put forward his own theory of criticla ratiocination. In his use of this theory, Socrates set the standerd for all subsequent Western philosophy and his doctrine and methord are all superior to those of Aristotle. From this case, we can see that skepticism on former ideas bear some immediate interest to discovery of mistakes and better development. As one towering british scholar once said(and I paraphrase): there is not whetstone like skepticism,to sharpen a good will and encourage a will to learn. In this sense, skepticism begets new ideas, better acquaintanceship and eventually propell progress of societal civilization.
有例子，有明言，很丰富，非常适合评分者口味不过也有点同一楼上的意见，最后一句稍显不妥

In terms of skepticism’s relation with students’ capability, this is nowhere more true than on the issue that skepticism contributes to students’ capability of critical thinking, which by all mean is one imperative capacity in the quest of science.There is an illuminating ready-made example in point. In the argument section of AW exam, ETS means to evaluate students’ critical thinking ability in the academic research field. In this part of the test, the more skeptical you are, the more chance you stand to compose a sound analytical reasoning. With regard to this, students are highly recommended to bear a skeptical attitude to what they are taught so as to form a sagacious insight and therefore to view all issues in a reasonable and objective perspective. Deep down, skepticism tansforms students’ attitude in learning from passive to initiative,because if students tend to receive all things from teachers, they could not play a dominating role in the educational activity. Conversly , if stundents aret apt to question what teachers teach, they take on a dominant role in education. In this sense, skepticism does goodwell to the formation of students’s better thinking ability and their role in the education activity.
我总觉得举的这个例子好像不合适，但是又说不出什么原因，总之感觉没有举历史上的例子有力

But in recent decades, 'skeptic' has come to mean something else. It has come to mean the adoption of an attitude of scorn and derision towards any kind of anomalous data that contradicts current scientific beliefs, and the adoption of an air of condescension and superiority towards those who venture to investigate or write about anomalous phenomena. Consequently, without curbing excessive skepticism ,the whole academia,or even the whole society could be boggled down into chaos. Aside from this, excessive skepticism is also a symbol of disrespecting ever establishe accomplishment both in terms of academia and other industries. Having know this, we should encourage students to question but within a proper confines.

In closing, the gate of academia is always open to students with skeptical nature. Skepticisim enables students, adopting better knowledge, to drive out bad knowledge. Thus to advance the development of the society没写完啊. Over-skepticism,however, would result in some negative effects, most importantly, it may destroy societal harmony. Therefore, students should be doubtful of what they are taught but to a proper degree.

从总体的结构及其对于题目的把握，还有论证的情况来说并没有什么问题，所以这方面我又不能够提出什么建议了。其他的地方我在上面都写了。力量有限，还请见谅！