THE EXERCISE OF OPEN-MINDEDNESS

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Sergi Oms

This paper explores the most relevant proposals involving the notion of Open Mindedness present in contemporary philosophy. After a short historical introduction,  which allows us to establish some of the basic components of the notion of Open-Mind edness, the paper presents the current theoretical context of the discussion: virtue epis temology. Two types of theories of Open-Mindedness are distinguished and reasons are  given for focusing on one of them, whose three most relevant cases in the current liter ature are critically presented. The article discusses the most significant challenges that theories of Open-Mindedness must face and draws some conclusions mainly regarding  the interrelationships between epistemic virtues and the notion of wisdom. The article  concludes with two points regarding the relationship between Open-Mindedness and  education, which are analysed in the light of the previous discussion: the first concerns  the possibility of teaching to be open minded and the second concerns the compatibility  of Open-Mindedness with education

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open-mindedness, virtue epistemology, epistemic virtues, intellectual humility, wisdom, education

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Oms, Sergi. “THE EXERCISE OF OPEN-MINDEDNESS”. CONVIVIUM, vol.VOL 36, pp. 101-27, doi:10.1344/conv36.730.45279.