If you’ve never heard of intellectual humility, you’re not alone. Simply put, intellectual humility is the willingness to admit that something you believe might be wrong. Think of it as a cousin of open-mindedness or a willingness to listen and carefully consider someone else’s truths. The concept isn’t entirely new—Aristotle and others in the philosophical tradition spoke of intellectual virtues—but there has been a marked increase in research on the subject by behavioral psychologists and other social scientists in the last twenty years. In this series, Conversations on Intellectual Humility, we bring the conversation back to the agora, pairing scholars of intellectual humility with community leaders to explore manifestations of intellectual humility outside the academy. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
Conversations on Intellectual Humility
What Is Intellectual Humility?
Doing Math with Intellectual Humility
Come Let Us Argue: Faith and Intellectual Humility
Second Opinions: On Intellectual Humility and Medicine
Drinking with Intellectual Humility
What if AI Operated with Intellectual Humility?
Intellectual Humility: Foundations and Key Concepts
We’re grateful to the Greater Good Science Center at Berkeley for a grant that supported this work.
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