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Intellectual Humility: Scientific Perspectives

Name: Intellectual Humility: Scientific Perspectives
Price: 2699 INR
Rating: 4.7 (178 reviews)

Discover how psychology and cognitive research illuminate the foundations of intellectual humility and open-minded thinking.

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₹ 2,699

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20 Hours

Self-paced lessons

This course examines intellectual humility from scientific perspectives, focusing on how we develop this virtue and why people often struggle with arrogance. Through interdisciplinary lectures by experts in psychology, philosophy, and education, students will explore the cognitive biases that hinder humility, personality traits that foster open-mindedness, and the role of emotions in intellectual discourse. The curriculum covers child development, cognitive psychology, political psychology, and social psychology as they relate to intellectual humility. Participants will gain insights into fostering open-mindedness, combating arrogance, and applying intellectual humility in daily life, particularly in areas of political and religious disagreement.

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14,793 Enrolled

Professor Duncan Pritchard

Dr. Ian Church

English

4.7

14,793 Enrolled

English

Professor Duncan Pritchard

Dr. Ian Church

What you'll learn

Understand the psychological and cognitive factors that influence intellectual humility

Examine how intellectual humility develops in children and can be fostered through education

Identify common cognitive biases that lead to arrogance and overconfidence

Analyze the relationship between personality traits and open-mindedness

Explore the role of emotions in intellectual discourse and decision-making

Develop strategies for cultivating intellectual humility in personal and professional contexts

Evaluate the impact of intellectual humility on political and religious discussions

Apply scientific insights to recognize and mitigate biases in media and everyday life

Skills you'll gain

intellectual humility

cognitive bias

open-mindedness

psychology

child development

political psychology

social psychology

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3.45 Hours PreRecorded video

22 quizzes

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There are 6 modules in this course

This course explores the scientific foundations of intellectual humility, examining how this virtue develops and why people often struggle with arrogance. Through six modules, students will engage with cutting-edge research from psychology, cognitive science, and education. The curriculum covers a wide range of topics, including the psychology of child development and exploration, cognitive biases that lead to arrogance, personality traits associated with open-mindedness, and the role of emotions in intellectual discourse. Lectures are delivered by leading experts in their fields, offering diverse perspectives on intellectual humility. The course emphasizes practical applications, encouraging students to identify biases in media and daily life, and to develop strategies for fostering open-mindedness in themselves and others. Through quizzes, discussions, and a final project, participants will gain a deep understanding of the science behind intellectual humility and its importance in today's polarized world.

Getting Started

Module 1 · 0 Hours to complete

Humility, exploration, and the psychology of child development

Module 2 · 3 Hours to complete

Dr Cristine Legare argues that humility is intimately connected to a state of openness to new ideas, and looks at how we can foster this in children. It turns out that what psychologists say makes kids better at exploring, explaining and being open, is not necessarily how they're taught at school!

Skills you'll gain

Child development

Exploration

Explanation

Belief revision

Education

This course includes:

5 Videos

5 Quizzes

5 Reading Materials

What makes us arrogant? Biases, heuristics and cognitive psychology

Module 3 · 5 Hours to complete

Professor Frank Keil discusses a number of biases which we all have, and which can make us more arrogant and dogmatic by leading us to think that we know more than we actually do. Can you find examples of those biases in the news, and perhaps even in yourself?

Skills you'll gain

Cognitive biases

Arrogance

Illusion of explanatory depth

Overconfidence

This course includes:

7 Videos

6 Quizzes

6 Reading Materials

Dogmatism and open-mindedness in politics, religion, and life

Module 4 · 4 Hours to complete

Professor Victor Ottati (like Dr. Legare before) thinks that humility has a lot to do with being open to new ideas and to things we disagree with. He shows how our ability to be open-minded is related to our personal traits and to specific situations. How open-minded do you think you are about politics, religion, and any other ideas you disagree with?

Skills you'll gain

Open-minded cognition

Dogmatism

Attitude justification

Personality traits

This course includes:

9 Videos

6 Quizzes

3 Reading Materials

Humility, emotions and human relations: a view from social psychology

Module 5 · 4 Hours to complete

Professor Vasu Reddy suggests that in understanding humility, we should focus on emotions rather than on reason; on what humility feels like, not how we understand it. Humility, she says, is not a special, lofty virtue - it's a commonplace, everyday thing, and it's about being open to engagement with others. Could this help you bring more humility to your daily interactions?

Skills you'll gain

Emotions

Engagement

Dialogue

Self-focus

Human relations

This course includes:

8 Videos

5 Quizzes

3 Reading Materials

End of course assignments

Module 6 · 3 Hours to complete

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Professor Duncan Pritchard

Professor Duncan Pritchard FRSE is a prominent philosopher and the Chancellor’s Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, as well as a professor at the University of Edinburgh. Since joining Edinburgh in 2007 as Chair in Epistemology, he has focused his research on epistemology, authoring several influential works including Epistemic Luck and Scepticism: A Very Short Introduction. He teaches a range of courses such as Intellectual Humility, Introduction to Philosophy, and Philosophy and the Sciences, including a Chinese version of his introductory course.

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Dr. Ian Church

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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Dr. Emma Gordon

Emma C. Gordon is a Lecturer in Applied Ethics in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, where she also serves as Head of Interdisciplinary Research at the COGITO Epistemology Research Centre and a steering committee member of the Centre for Neurotechnology. Previously, she held positions as a Research Fellow at COGITO and the Eidyn Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Her research primarily focuses on applied ethics, including bioethics, neuroethics (with a special interest in the ethics of neurotechnology), medical ethics, and the ethics of gender and race. She is also interested in normative ethics, particularly in moral psychology, the philosophy of love, trust, emotions, and wellbeing. Additionally, her epistemological work explores topics such as understanding, social epistemology, intellectual virtues and vices, and assertion. Her interdisciplinary approach often merges philosophy with fields such as medicine (including pharmacology, dependence, and addiction) and psychology (including counselling and psychotherapy).

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20 Hours

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₹ 2,699

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Intellectual Humility: Scientific Perspectives

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Top companies offer this course to their employees

There are 6 modules in this course

Getting Started

Skills you'll gain

This course includes:

Humility, exploration, and the psychology of child development

Skills you'll gain

This course includes:

What makes us arrogant? Biases, heuristics and cognitive psychology

Skills you'll gain

This course includes:

Dogmatism and open-mindedness in politics, religion, and life

Skills you'll gain

This course includes:

Humility, emotions and human relations: a view from social psychology

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