17.5-Conducting Inquiry-How much Inquiry is enough?
进行调查-调查多少才够？
Exactly how much inquiry is enough depends entirely on the issue.
确切地说，调查多少是足够的完全取决于问题。
- In some cases, a brief inquiry will be more than adequate. In others, an exhaustive inquiry will be incomplete.
在一些情况下，一个简单的调查就足够了；在另外一些情况下，想尽的调查也是不完整的。
- However, although no absolute statement can be made about the amount of inquiry required,
you can be reasonably sure your inquiries are complete when you have made a thorough and careful effort to learn the relevant facts and to consult informed opinion in all fields of study that have a direct bearing on the specific issue you are analyzing.
然而，虽然无法对所需要调查的数量做出绝对的声明，但是当你做了彻底和仔细的努力去了解相关的事实，并且咨询了你所分析的具体问题有直接关系的研究领域的有根据的意见时，你就可以合理地确定你的询问已经完成。
One of the greatest challenges to critical thinking is the temptation to stop inquiring when you find a knowledgeable person who support your bias.
一个批判性思考最大的挑战是，当你发现一个知识渊博的人支持了你的观点，你会忍不住停止调查。
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The temptation will be especially strong when that person is the first one you encounter.You will want to say,"This is the difinitive answer. Case closed!"
当这个人是你第一个遇见的人的时候，这种诱惑尤其强烈。你会想说，“这是确定的答案，完成调查！” -
If you follow this inclination, you will trivialize the issue and cheat yourself of genuine understanding.
如果你遵循这种倾向，你就会情势这个问题，欺骗自己真正的理解； -
An issue is, by difinition, a matter about which informed, careful thinkers may disagree.
·从定义上讲，一个问题就是一个见多识广、细心的思想家可能不同意的问题。
A caution is in order here:To say that it is important to examine both sides of an issue does not mean that both sides are equal in merit. Often there will be enough merit on each side to make judgment difficult, but that never justifies the avoidance of judgment.
这里需要提醒的是：说对一个问题的两面都进行检查是重要的，并不意味着两面都有着相同的优点。 通常情况下，双方都有优点会使得判断变得困难，但这永远不能成为避免判断的理由。
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