The phrase "a rethinking of basic assumptions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the need to reconsider or revise fundamental beliefs or ideas in a particular context.
Example: "The recent findings in the study prompted a rethinking of basic assumptions about climate change and its impact on global ecosystems."
Alternatives: "a reevaluation of core beliefs" or "a revision of fundamental principles".
2. Potential for systemic change, powered by better attention to assumptions: A willingness to innovate in philanthropy, and research like Banerjee & Duflo's, will lead to a rethink of our basic assumptions about human behavior and global development.
The party had adopted a policy programme that involved "a fundamental rethinking of the basic assumptions around which social democracy has been built for 30 years", he said.
Labour's policy review has seen a fundamental rethinking of the basic assumptions on which our party has been built for the last 30 years.
Writing in the Guardian, Jon Cruddas and the shadow cabinet officer, Chi Onwurah, say that Labour's extensive policy review has "seen a fundamental rethinking of the basic assumptions on which our party has been built for the last 30 years".
Now, in the early years of the 21st century, Google is the company prompting a rethinking of assumptions.
The changes in gender dynamics are forcing a rethinking of a basic philosophy in Alex City, and in the broader evangelical community.
Minnich's 1990 book, Transforming Knowledge, draws on both a feminist critique and pragmatist practices to advocate for a rethinking of the patriarchal assumptions at the base of our academic traditions.
With the Oscar ceremony next year now planned for February instead of March, studio executives are already rethinking some basic assumptions about publicizing their potentially award-winning films.
At the same time, the increasing pace of technological advances in medicine and the life sciences demands that bioethicists continually rethink the basic assumptions of their field and reflect carefully on their own methodologies.
Before we can start this discussion, we need to rethink our basic assumptions of what governance is, what governors do, and what we can expect from governance.
