Going beneath surface of typical thinking

One of the most difficult conceptual leaps to take, and certainly the most important, is to take what we experience every day and conduct a rigorous interrogation of it. To do this, we need to critically examine every category, every premise, every assumption that underwrites what we think we know; then identify the contradictions we find; and begin the intellectual detective work to resolve the contradictions by going below the surface of our dominant way of knowing.

— Marcia Eckman, Newcastle