Intellectual Humility: Science
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Free Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2436 | yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Video
- Trailer - Intellectual Humility: Science
Readings
- About this course
- Course assessments and exercises
Videos
- Ian introduces Module 1
- Introduction
- Learning and explanation
- Inconsistency, explanation and belief revision
- Implications for child education
Readings
- Before you begin...
- Optional companion book
- "How Do We Become Intellectually Humble?" by Ian Church & Peter Samuelson (recommended)
- "How Do We Develop and Maintain Humility?" by Bob Roberts (recommended)
- "Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises" by Raymond S. Nickerson (further reading)
Practice Exercises
- Module Quiz
- Back to school
- Initial thoughts
- Practice Quiz
- Reading quiz on "How Do We Develop and Maintain Humility?" by Bob Roberts
Videos
- Ian introduces Module 2
- Introduction
- Humility, arrogance, and base rate neglect
- Developmental over-optimism
- The illusion of explanatory depth
- Illusions of argument justification and insight
- Illusions of the outsourced mind
Readings
- "What Can Human Cognition Tell Us About Intellectual Humility?" by Ian Church & Peter Samuelson (recommended)
- "Searching for Explanations: How the Internet Inflates Estimates of Internal Knowledge" by Matthew Fisher et al. (recommended)
- "The Illusion of Argument Justification" by Matthew Fisher and Frank Keil (further reading)
- "Overestimation of Knowledge About Word Meanings: The 'Misplaced Meaning' Effect" by Jonathan Kominsky and Frank Keil (further reading)
- "The Misunderstood Limits of Folk Science: An Illusion of Explanatory Depth" by Leonid Rozenblit and Frank Keil (further reading)
- "Overoptimism about future knowledge: Early Arrogance?" by Lockhart et al. (further reading)
Practice Exercises
- Examples of biases
- Module Quiz
- Rose-coloured biases in action
- Practice Quiz
- More examples of biases
- Reading quiz on "What Can Human Cognition Tell Us About Intellectual Humility?" by Ian Church and Peter Samuelson
Videos
- Ian introduces Module 3
- Open-minded cognition
- Open-minded cognition: relations with other constructs
- The flexible merit standard model
- Message tenability effect
- The reciprocal nature of open-minded cognition
- The earned dogmatism effect
- The attitude justification effect
- Concluding remarks
Readings
- "Are Some People Born Humble?" by Ian Church and Peter Samuelson (recommended)
- The Big 5 Personality Test
- "When Self-Perceptions of Expertise Increase Closed-Minded Cognition: The Earned Dogmatism Effect" by Ottati et al. (further reading)
Practice Exercises
- Module Quiz
- Open-mindedness in public discourse and life
- Initial thoughts
- Untenable messages
- Practice Quiz
- Reading quiz on "Are Some People Born Humble?" by Ian Church and Peter Samuelson
Videos
- Ian introduces Module 4
- Why not intellectualise?
- Towards engagement: seeing the other as a person
- Towards engagement: being involved
- Towards engagement: not focusing on the self
- Towards engagement: Dialogue, value and difference
- An exploratory study
- Conclusions
Readings
- Before you finish...
- "How Do Emotions Affect Our Ability to Be Intellectually Humble?" by Ian Church and Peter Samuelson (recommended)
- "The role of emotional engagement in lecturer-student interaction and the impact on academic outcomes of student achievement and learning" by Vathsala Sagayadevan and Senthu Jeyaraj (further reading)
Practice Exercises
- Module Quiz
- Quiz: Initial thoughts
- Practice Quiz
- Deceptive self-justification
- Reading quiz on "How Do Emotions Affect Our Ability to Be Intellectually Humble?" by Ian Church and Peter Samuelson
Readings
- Show what you learned by editing the Wikipedia entry on intellectual humility!
- A brief How-To
- TRAILER: Intellectual Humility: Theory
- TRAILER: Intellectual Humility: Practice