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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (48147)	5/24/2002 10:50:22 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Well, that is not too much to ask, I guess. The problem is that there is not enough exercise after school, and the ability tends to atrophy, at least beyond what is immediately useful in one's career. Of course, more intensive involvement in school would make it harder to lose the ability to "ride the bike". That is why theses and discussion classes are very important in education, because they give one a greater opportunity to exercise one's critical faculties. Also, it would be a good idea to require at least a modicum of reading in philosophy, for example, several Platonic dialogues; a couple of Aristotle's treatises; perhaps Aquinas's "Treatise on Law" (from the Summa); and Descartes "Discourse on Method". If colleges would take greater care to promote a degree of proficiency, perhaps critical thinking would survive well beyond graduation........