Free Inquiry
A Human Condition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4188164 |
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| Authors | Bob Kerrey (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 845-848 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-783X • E-ISSN: 1944-768X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sor.2009.0022 |
| OpenAlex | W279382234 |
| Language | EN |
Free and open inquiry is a human condition—it is established, maintained, and protected by humans. It is not a natural force that we can harness, nor a natural right that we inherit, nor is it a natural resource that we can mine. I believe that free inquiry is essential to the development of mankind, and I also believe academic freedom and the protection of academic freedom are essential. This paper elaborates upon these thoughts and outlines some of the risks to free inquiry
Academic freedom · Archaeology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Geography · Higher education · Natural (archaeology) · Natural resource · Political science · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Research, Science, and Academia
| Highly cited | No |
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