Importance Of Spirt Of Inquiry

I think the spirt of inquiry means the essential qualities needed for inquiry. The spirit is the qualities that a person has that allows them to inquire. Without the “spirit” inquiry may be difficult or unattainable. In the book they talk about the spirit of inquiry being the attitude or orientation of the participants. I think in order to have this attitude or orientation; you must also have these essential qualities. One attitude and beliefs I believe is basic to the spirt of inquiry is being open minded. I think this is the most important part of inquiry. I believe people need to willing to be open minded and have their thoughts and ideas challenged. If you are close minded you might think that, that’s just the way things are and may not be willing to change your thoughts. I think you also have to believe that you everything you hear shouldn’t be taken at face value. I think this thought helps drive inquiry. I think not having these qualities are obstacles to the …show more content…
Open-mindedness is an important part of inquiry. Are you staying being open-minded? This question can be answered through careful evaluation of your own views. Are you looking at both sides? Are you considering counter evidence? If we are keeping an open mind, we are able to consider other sides, and be willing to have our views change.

5. How might we respond to fallacies that arise through dialogue? (pages 205-208) Earlier in on of the reading guides, I spoke about a debate about the presidential election. All though I was not directly involved in the debate, I was able to sit back and listen to the various sides. I noted that several people had fallacies within the argument. Although they were not aware, and before this class I would not either. These fallacies were not handled maybe how they should have. In these section I took fallacies that were explained in chapter 4 and chapter 5 and suggest how they could be responded to