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Dewey regards inquiry as a process of constant revision, since it is :

  • A.self-assertive
  • B.self-negating
  • C.self-conscious
  • D.self-corrective

Answer: D

Dewey regards inquiry as self-corrective.

For John Dewey, inquiry is the controlled transformation of an indeterminate situation into a determinate one. Its conclusions are warranted assertions, always open to revision in the light of further experience. Because inquiry tests its own results and corrects its errors as it goes, it is a process of constant revision.

Self-assertive and self-negating do not describe this method, and self-consciousness is not what makes revision necessary. Self-correction, which Dewey shares with Peirce, is the defining mark of scientific inquiry.

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