Intellectual Humility: Scientific Perspectives
Discover how psychology and cognitive research illuminate the foundations of intellectual humility and open-minded thinking.
Discover how psychology and cognitive research illuminate the foundations of intellectual humility and open-minded thinking.
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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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
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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
What makes us arrogant? Biases, heuristics and cognitive psychology
Module 3 · 5 Hours to complete
Dogmatism and open-mindedness in politics, religion, and life
Module 4 · 4 Hours to complete
Humility, emotions and human relations: a view from social psychology
Module 5 · 4 Hours to complete
End of course assignments
Module 6 · 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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