intellectual humility
Admitting knowledge gaps
Intellectual humility is recognizing the limits of one's own knowledge and being open to learning from others.
It involves acknowledging you might be wrong, considering opposing viewpoints seriously, and changing your mind when evidence warrants.
She approached the debate with intellectual humility, genuinely curious about perspectives different from her own.
The concept has gained traction in discussions of critical thinking and productive disagreement.
- open-mindednessAcceptance of differing viewpoints
- beginner's mindUnencumbered openness to learning
- fallibilityLiability to err
- metacognitionAwareness of own reasoning
- curiosityDesire to learn
truth-seeking · good faith argument · critical thinking · self-awareness · active listening · empathy · Socratic method · skepticism · devil's advocate · defeaters · rationality · justification · peer review · scientific method · epistemology · foundationalism · ethical decision-making · teachable
- thinking traitscritical thinking, analytical thinking, open-mindedness, curiosity, reasoning
- open-mindednessopen-mindedness, openness, open mind, broad-mindedness, broadminded
- intellectual virtuesopen-mindedness, fair-mindedness, curiosity, discernment, prudence
- thinking skillslogic, logical thinking, logical reasoning, reasoning, reason
- SocratesSocrates, Socratic method, Socratic irony, examined life, know thyself
- dialecticsdialectic, dialectics, Socratic method, Socratic dialogue, thesis
intellectual humilitydogmatism
Unyielding adherence to doctrine
arrogance · hubris · overconfidence · certitude · closed-mindedness
intellectual humilitycondescension
Demeaning air of superiority
dismissiveness · pomposity · superiority complex · smugness · contempt
intellectual humilityclosed-mindedness
Refusal to consider other views
unteachability · willful ignorance · incuriosity · Dunning-Kruger effect · false expertise