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Educating for Intellectual Virtues: From Theory to Practice

Author(s) -

Baehr Jason

Publication year - 2013

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 - 10.1111/1467-9752.12023

Subject(s) - courage , honesty , curiosity , intellectual development , intellectual history , sociology , education theory , epistemology , character (mathematics) , psychology , pedagogy , higher education , social psychology , philosophy , political science , law , developmental psychology , geometry , mathematics

After a brief overview of what intellectual virtues are, I offer three arguments for the claim that education should aim at fostering ‘intellectual character virtues’ like curiosity, open‐mindedness, intellectual courage, and intellectual honesty. I then go on to discuss several pedagogical and related strategies for achieving this aim.

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