Conversations on Intellectual Humility

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Intellectual humility is a willingness to admit that you might be wrong about something you believe. The idea originated with philosophers like Aristotle, then found its way into the modern academy via social science. We explore manifestations of IH in classrooms, at the doctors, in bars, in religious communities, in GenAI.

Season 1

  1. What is Intellectual Humility?

    EPISODE 1

    What is Intellectual Humility?

    Almost all of us are far more confident in ourselves than we probably should be. If we humbly admit this, does it improve how we deal with conflict? JSTOR Daily Feaures Editor Sara Ivry gets into the basics of intellectual humility with Professor Emeritus Mark Leary.  Show notes and free links to scholarshp at JSTOR Daily.

    21 min
  2. Doing Math with Intellectual Humility

    EPISODE 2

    Doing Math with Intellectual Humility

    Math class is an opportunity to teach students both how to use conjecture to arrive at knowledge and how to learn from the logic of peers. As part of our Conversations on Intellectual Humility series, we paired psychologist Shauna Bowes with Deborah Loewenberg Ball, a mathematics educator and professor of education, to explain why there's more to math than the correct answer. Listen up. Show notes and free related scholarship at JSTOR Daily.

    51 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Come Let Us Argue: Faith and Intellectual Humility

    Can belief in the divine endure in an individual who possesses an openness to being wrong? How do doubt and faith co-exist among the religious? Psychologist and intellectual humility researcher Mark Leary and Reverend Eva Suarez of St. John the Divine explore the role intellectual humility plays in faith-based communities as well as in their own minds. Show notes and free links to related scholarship at JSTOR Daily

    31 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    Second Opinions: On Intellectual Humility and Medicine

    What happens when doctors admit they don't know everything? Professor of Pediatrics Dr. Anupma Wadhwa and bioethics expert Josephine Johnston discuss how excellent doctors are also humble, how patients respond to clinicians who cultivate humility, and more. Show notes and free links to related scholarship at JSTOR Daily.

    35 min
  5. Drinking with Intellectual Humility

    EPISODE 5

    Drinking with Intellectual Humility

    What happens when you mix alcohol with intellectual humility?  Philosopher Heather Battaly talks to former bartender Rosie Schaap, author of Drinking with Men and the forthcoming memoir The Slow Road North, about how intellectual humility shows up in bar culture. Show notes and free related scholarship at JSTOR Daily.

    20 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    What if AI Operated with Intellectual Humility?

    In the race between humans and machines, imagine a future in which everyone and everything wins. As part of our Conversations on Intellectual Humility series, JSTOR Daily Editor-in-Chief Catherine Halley talks to cognitive scientist Heng Li about the emerging relationship between artificial intelligence, technology, and intellectual humility. Li believes intellectual humility will become an increasingly important component of AI research, pushing the field to promote an informed and critically balanced engagement with AI. AI tools such as Chat GPT aren't a replacement for human intelligence, Li explains, but a complement. Show Notes and free links to related scholarship.

    24 min
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Intellectual humility is a willingness to admit that you might be wrong about something you believe. The idea originated with philosophers like Aristotle, then found its way into the modern academy via social science. We explore manifestations of IH in classrooms, at the doctors, in bars, in religious communities, in GenAI.

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