"Thinking begins," John Dewey suggested, "in what may fairly enough be called a forked-road situation, a situation which is ambiguous . . . . As long as our activity glides smoothly along . . . there is no call for reflection. Difficulty or obstruction in the way of reaching a belief brings us, however, to a pause. In the suspense of uncertainty, we metaphorically climb a tree; we try to find some standpoint from which we may survey additional facts and, getting a more commanding view of the situation, may decide how the facts stand related to one another." (Dewey, John. "The Project Gutenberg EBook of How We Think, by John Dewey." Free EBooks | Project Gutenberg, D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS, 14 Sept. 2011, www.gutenberg.org/files/37423/37423-h/37423-h.htm. Accessed 31 July 2024.)
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