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Open-mindedness as a Corrective Virtue
Abstract
This paper argues that open-mindedness is a corrective virtue. It serves as a corrective to the epistemic vice of confirmation bias. Specifically, open-mindedness is the epistemically virtuous disposition to resist the negative effects of confirmation bias on our ability to reason well and to evaluate evidence and arguments. As part of the defense and presentation of our account, we explore four discussions of open-mindedness in the recent...
Paper Details
Title
Open-mindedness as a Corrective Virtue
Published Date
Dec 7, 2020
Journal
Volume
96
Issue
1
Pages
73 - 97
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