What is intellectual humility? (and why should we care?)
What is an intellectual virtue?
How do we know who is intellectually humble?
How do we become intellectually humble?
What can human cognition tell us about intellectual humility
Are some people born humble?
How do emotions affect our ability to be intellectually humble?
Can you believe what you hear?
How should we handle disagreement?
What does intellectual humility tell us about religion?
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part 1
Theory; Chapter 1 What is intellectual humility? (and why should we care?) ; 1: Problems with the current, seminal accounts of intellectual humility ; 2: Folk theories of intellectual humility ; 3: The doxastic account of intellectual humility ; 4: Addressing some objections ; 5: Book outline ; Chapter 2 What is an intellectual virtue? ; 1: Virtue epistemology in general ; 2: Ernest Sosa ' s agent-reliabilism
3: Linda Zagzebski ' s agent-responsibilism 4: Alvin Plantinga ' s proper functionalist agent-reliabilism ; 5: Is intellectual humility an intellectual virtue? ; Conclusion ; Part 2
Science ; Chapter 3 How do we know who is intellectually humble? ; 1: The problems and promise of measurement ; 2: Issues of scientific measurement ; 3: Existing measures of intellectual humility ; 4: Measuring intellectual humility in context ; Chapter 4 How do we become intellectually humble?
1: Nature versus nurture 2: Learning and knowledge acquisition in children ; 3: Epistemic trust and the development of intellectual humility ; 4: Mindsets and the development of intellectual humility ; Conclusion ; Chapter 5 What can human cognition tell us about intellectual humility? 1 ; 1: Virtue epistemology revisited ; 2: Reliabilism: Heuristics and biases ; 3: Responsibilism: Motivation, goals, and values in cognition ; 4: Heuristics and biases as intellectual arrogance
5: Avoiding and mitigating biases with intellectual humility Conclusion ; Chapter 6 Are some people born humble? ; 1: Intellectual humility as a character trait ; 2: Situational determinants of intellectual humility ; 3: Both trait and situation in intellectual humility ; Conclusion ; Chapter 7 How do emotions affect our ability to be intellectually humble? ; 1: Theories of emotion and cognition ; 2: Emotional regulation ; 3: Emotion and cognition in the face of disagreement
4: Emotional style and intellectual humility Conclusion ; Part 3
Application ; Chapter 8 Can you believe what you hear? ; 1: The anatomy of testimony ; 2: Intellectual humility and how testimony can go wrong ; 3: Is testimonial knowledge epistemically distinct? ; Chapter 9 How should we handle disagreement? ; 1: Easy cases of disagreement and intellectual humility ; 2: Problematic disagreement ; 3: An intellectually humble response to intractable disagreement
