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Notes on video lecture:
Two Modern Theories of Intellectual Humility
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on December 14, 2016 (go to class or lectures)
Choose from these words to fill the blanks below:
peers, reasons, blind, lessening, dangerous, brags, dissent, oblivious, servile, mindful, robust, status, dehumanizing, shipwrecked, arrogance, novice, unmatched, undervalue, contemporary, deprecation, beliefs, status
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when people are faced with difficult questions
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they prone to dismiss and marginalize               
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politics is polarizing
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in some parts of the world extremely                   
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whether it is
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Christian fundamentalism
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Islamic extremism
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militant atheism
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religious dialogue remains tinted by terrifying and                          arrogance, dogma, and ignorance
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the world needs more people who are intellectually              yet sensitive
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need to be sensitive to                for and against their beliefs
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intellectual humility
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the virtuous mean between arrogance and self-                      
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the humble person doesn't value herself too much or too little
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the intellectual humble person doesn't overly value her beliefs, nor                      them
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doxastic account
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having to do with               
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two dominant accounts of intellectual humility in                          philosophical literature
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1. low concern for status account
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Bob Roberts
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Jay Wood
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intellectual humility is viewed as the opposite of intellectual                   , or improper pride
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desire to promote own social             
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the intellectually humble person is not concerned about              that might be accrued by pursuing intellectual endeavors
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pursue intellectual goods for their own sake
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positive aspects
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rightly captures a social dynamic
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problems
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doesn't allow one to be too humble
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but one can be so self-deprecating and so self-                   that their vicious, not virtuous
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example: botanist
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Susan
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highly acclaimed botanist with a litany of scientific achievements with an                    knowledge of orchids
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she cares nothing for social status or the accolades of her           
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Frank
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             botanist at best
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is wildly obsessed with his status amongst his peers
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regularly antagonistic towards Susan
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they are at a garden
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disagree about scientific name of an orchid
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Susan treats Frank as an intellectual peer
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situations in which there is no social status involved
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examples: scenario
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Frank is                        and alone
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he can not longer be concerned with his status
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he cannot help but to be intellectual humble
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2. limitations owning account
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Dennis Whitcomb
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Heather Battaly
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Daniel Howard-Snyder
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Jason Baehr
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a proper attentiveness to and owning of one's intellectual limitations
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"when life calls for one to be                of a limitation, then and only then, will it appear on the ideally humble person's radar"
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this means that intellectual humility is not just the opposite of intellectual arrogance
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if you are completely                    to your limitations, then you will be intellectually arrogant
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if you are overly attentive to and owning of your intellectual limitations, then you will be intellectually servile
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you will be too humble
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intellectual humility is            to intellectual strengths
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problems
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1. allows people to be intellectually humble and intellectually arrogant
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someone who is aware of limitations but            about strengths
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example
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"you need to meet Christopher, he's such a kind and humble guy, but you have to watch out, he's an arrogant jerk"
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sounds contradictory
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2. allows someone to be intellectually humble and intellectually               

Ideas and Concepts:

Types of reasoners, via tonight's Intellectual Humility class: "An accurate reasoner never believes any false proposition. An inaccurate reasoner believes at least one false proposition. A conceited reasoner believes that their beliefs are never inaccurate. A consistent reasoner never simultaneously believes a proposition and its negation. A normal reasoner believes proposition p, and also believes they believe proposition p. A peculiar reasoner believes proposition p while also doubting that they really believe proposition p. A stable reasoner believes that they believe proposition p, and actually does believe proposition p. An unstable reasoner believes that they believe proposition p, but in fact does not believe it, and although unstable, is not necessarily inconsistent. A queer reasoner believes they are inconsistent in their belief, yet is wrong in this belief."
Two Modern Theories of Intellectual Humility