Educating for Intellectual Virtues: From Theory to Practice

Journal of Philosophy of Education 47 (2):248-262 (2013)
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Abstract

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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reprint Baehr, Jason (2013-12-25) "Educating for Intellectual Virtues: From Theory to Practice". In Kotzee, Ben, Education and the Growth of Knowledge, pp. 106–123: Wiley (2013-12-25)

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Jason Baehr
Loyola Marymount University