Sunday, February the 24th, 2008

"All ignorance is either ignorance of things, or of the limits of knowledge." (p.425, Immanuel Kant, "Critique of Pure Reason", 2003, Dover Publications, New York) This phrase reminds me of the saying of Confucius: "Say you know when you know; say you don't know when you don't know. That is to know."
"The first step ... is that of dogmatism. The second ... is that of scepticism, and it gives evidence that our judgement has been improved by experience." And "scepticism is a resting-place for reason ...; but it cannot be its permanent dwelling-place." (p.427, Immanuel Kant, "Critique of Pure Reason", 2003, Dover Publications, New York) It seems that some people prefer keeping "dwelling" in "a resting-place."
Cross-subject endeavors and endeavors proper to each subject is needed to enhance the academic achievement of our students.