Navigating through Hypothetical and Existential Worlds: Revisiting the Issue of "Assumptions" and "Survival" in Pedagogy

In the field of pedagogy, there are two types of worlds, the "hypothetical world" and the "existential world", which essentially reflect the duality between the ideal and the realistic nature of education. While the two are not completely separate, they do not completely overlap either. Arguing that man survives in a "hypothetical world" and emphasizing the precedence of "hypothesis" to "survival" does not necessarily refute the ontological and supportive role of "survival" to "hypothesis" as emphasized by the hypothesis of man in a "world of survival", and vice versa. From the three dimensions of daily judgment, practical action and research activities, "hypothesis" and "survival" each have their own heights and limits. Just as "hypothesis" is not enough to determine "survival", and "survival" is also not enough to determine "hypothesis". All we can be sure of is that we are in a "hypothetical world" when we "assume" and in a "world of existence" when we "survive". The human being, as the subject of education, can and must move between these two worlds.