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ZHOU Zhifa, CHEN Li, LV Xinrui
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DOI:10.17265/2161-623X/2024.10.002
Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China; Changting No. 1 Middle School of Fujian, China
The development of world-class university is closely related to the development of their ideas. Based on Collingwood and Popper’s theory of knowledge and the development of several specific cases of university discipline, the paper has summed up the unique idea of university, “Sharing Errors”. i.e., in the disciplinary society, academic authority of leaders is not whether he makes mistakes or not, but rather can continue to make incorrect and innovative assumptions, and inspire the team by sharing errors. The quality and quantity of errors shared by the leader is a sign of exuberant vitality of his science. From a methodological sense, the idea of “sharing errors” is consistent with the basic method of “trial and error”; from the evaluation system, the history of science shows that a lot of scientists became a professor because of relying on a number of the incorrect and innovative assumptions. From the perspective of disciplinary development, when errors lack novelty, the discipline will gradually become weak; from the perspective of science policy, the new idea of university requires to respect the scientists’ right of trial and error. If China wants to create world-class universities, practicing the spirit of sharing errors between teacher and student is necessary.
world-class universities, idea of university, sharing errors, scientific policy
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