# What Inquiry and Social Intelligence means in The Public and Its Problems

> The work advocates for the application of scientific inquiry and experimental intelligence to solve public problems and improve social conditions.

## Explanation

The work advocates for the application of scientific inquiry and experimental intelligence to solve public problems and improve social conditions.

The chapter emphasizes the need for free social inquiry and the presentation of its results through art to create informed public opinion and a functioning democratic community.

Dewey argues that intelligence is not innate but shaped by social conditions and tools; improving public knowledge depends on freeing inquiry and dissemination.

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