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Not long ago, the term “intellectual humility” sounded like jargon to me. But over the past year, I’ve become a bit of an intellectual humility devotee. While working on a series of articles about this topic, I’ve learned intellectual humility describes a willingness to own the possibility that you might be wrong about the things you believe and think are true.
When was the last time you changed your mind after learning new information? Or actually sought out perspectives that conflict with your own? It was humbling for me to realize how infrequently I challenge my own beliefs – but I’ve resolved to do better.
For our series, we collaborated with philosophers, political scientists, organizational behavior experts and psychology researchers. Psychology professor Daryl Van Tongeren wrote one of my favorite articles about what intellectual humility is, how it can benefit you and how researchers are investigating ways to get more of it. And now The Conversation Weekly podcast has talked with him about his research as well as events
in his own life that got him interested in this field. I hope you enjoy it.
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Intellectual humility is about being open to changing your mind.
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation
Daryl Van Tongeren explains what it means to be intellectually humble, and why it’s so important right now on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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Daryl Van Tongeren, Hope College
Intellectual humility includes owning your own biases and the possibility that you’re wrong about your beliefs or worldview. It means being open to changing your mind in response to new information.
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Michael Dickson, University of South Carolina
An intellectually humble person may have strong commitments to various beliefs − but balanced with an openness to the likelihood that others, too, may have valuable insights, ideas and evidence.
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Louise Kettle, University of Nottingham
Candidates have been pre-approved to favour the religious right.
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Gabriella Daris, Kingston University
For over seven decades, Ono’s radical ideas have contributed to powerful social ideas such as peace, freedom, equality and democracy.
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Jason Stearns, Simon Fraser University; Joshua Z. Walker, New York University
Regional countries are embroiled in a geopolitical struggle over influence and survival.
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Jonathan Este, The Conversation
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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Philip Kofi Adom, University of the Witwatersrand
A new study reveals that from 2050, Africa will suffer from food and water scarcity, and a massive loss of jobs in agriculture, unless climate change mitigation measures are put in place now.
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Andrée-Ann Baril, Université de Montréal; Matthew Pase, Monash University
Sleep appears to play an essential role in a number of brain functions, such as memory. So good quality sleep could play a vital role in preventing dementia.
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Kate Poole, UNSW Sydney; Mirella Dottori, University of Wollongong
Our bodies have a dedicated channel for sensing only the very lightest of touches.
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