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Four Anxieties about Open‐mindedness: Reassuring Peter Gardner
Author(s) -
Hare W.,
McLaughlin T.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of philosophy of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9752
pISSN - 0309-8249
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9752.00093
Subject(s) - nova scotia , sociology , media studies , library science , ethnology , computer science
In this article four anxieties expressed by Peter Gardner about our conception of open‐mindedness and its educational implications are examined. It is argued that none of Gardner's anxieties undermine our view that open‐mindedness requires neither neutrality nor indecision with respect to a matter in question, but rather that open‐mindedness is compatible with holding of beliefs and commitments about such matters provided that the beliefs and commitments are formed and held in such a way that they are open to revision in the light of evidence and argument.