Intellectual Humility: Practice
Understanding different views with respect and facts helps growth. Let's examine beliefs objectively and find common ground for meaningful dialogue.
Understanding different views with respect and facts helps growth. Let's examine beliefs objectively and find common ground for meaningful dialogue.
This course explores the practical aspects of intellectual humility, focusing on how to handle disagreements, evaluate beliefs, and approach religious discussions with openness and critical thinking. Students will learn strategies for assessing the trustworthiness of information, handling disagreements between intellectual equals, and navigating the complexities of religious disagreements. The course covers topics such as the role of evidence in resolving conflicts, biases in decision-making, and the importance of being open to the possibility of being wrong. Through lectures by leading specialists, engaging readings, and practical assignments, learners will develop skills to apply intellectual humility in their daily lives, fostering more productive dialogues and a deeper understanding of diverse perspectives.
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What you'll learn
Understand when to trust or be skeptical of information from others
Learn strategies for handling disagreements with intellectual equals
Explore the role of evidence in resolving religious disagreements
Develop skills to recognize and mitigate personal biases and fears
Understand different evidence-weighing policies in religious discussions
Learn to apply intellectual humility in daily life and conversations
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This course includes:
2.07 Hours PreRecorded video
19 quizzes,1 peer review
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There are 5 modules in this course
This course on Intellectual Humility: Practice offers a comprehensive exploration of how to apply intellectual humility in real-world situations. It covers three main areas: evaluating the credibility of information sources, handling disagreements between intellectual equals, and navigating religious disagreements. The curriculum is designed to help students develop critical thinking skills, learn to assess evidence objectively, and approach differing viewpoints with openness and respect. Through a combination of expert lectures, readings, quizzes, and practical assignments, learners will gain valuable insights into biases, evidence-weighing strategies, and the complexities of resolving conflicts in various contexts.
GETTING STARTED
Module 1 · 26 Minutes to complete
SHOULD YOU BELIEVE WHAT PEOPLE SAY?
Module 2 · 5 Hours to complete
HOW SHOULD WE HANDLE DISAGREEMENT?
Module 3 · 4 Hours to complete
RESOLVING RELIGIOUS DISAGEEMENTS: THE ROLE OF EVIDENCE
Module 4 · 4 Hours to complete
END OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
Module 5 · 3 Hours to complete
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Professor of Philosophy
Professor Duncan Pritchard FRSE is the Chancellor’s Professor of Philosophy and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of California, Irvine, as well as a professor of philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He joined the University of Edinburgh in 2007 as the Chair in Epistemology. His research focuses primarily on epistemology, and he has authored several books, including Epistemic Luck (Oxford UP, 2005), The Nature and Value of Knowledge (Oxford UP, 2010), Epistemological Disjunctivism (Oxford UP, 2012), Epistemic Angst (Princeton UP, 2015), and Scepticism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP, 2019).
Researcher
In August 2016, I began my role as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Hillsdale College and also became a Principal Investigator for the IH MOOC project at Eidyn: The Edinburgh Centre for Epistemology, Mind, and Normativity at the University of Edinburgh. I completed my PhD in 2012 through the St Andrews-Stirling Joint Programme in Philosophy, where my dissertation focused on virtue epistemology and the analysis of knowledge. My current research spans a wide range of topics, including intellectual virtues, the Gettier Problem, epistemic luck, fallibilism, disagreement, the relationship between epistemology and ethics, non-reductive models of knowledge, intuitions, religious epistemology, philosophy of psychology, and cognitive science. Before my PhD, I earned an MLitt in philosophy through the St Andrews-Stirling Joint Programme and a BA in philosophy and rhetoric & composition English from Ball State University.
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