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Alan asked:

Which famous philosopher promoted the idea that one should 'never draw conclusions'? I assume
this proposes that it is more intelligent or enlightened to sustain an open mind rather than come to
any definitive conclusion when reasoning, contemplating, reflecting, analyzing, etc.

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I know of no philosopher, famous or not, who enjoined us never to draw conclusions. In order to give
an argument for any view we have to "draw conclusions," otherwise there is no argument.

Perhaps you mean, that we should never jumpto conclusions. That is, we should never draw
conclusions from inadequate evidence. Doing that is certainly a mistake, and is, for instance, why we
stereotype people by generalizing from just a few instances to an entire population.

Your qualification "definitive conclusion" makes me think that you have in mind not coming to a
conclusion, but coming to a conclusion which you think is absolutely certain. In a particular sense of
"certain", that is right: nothing is absolutely certain.

Kenneth Stern