How to be Critically Open-Minded: A Psychological and Historical Analysis [electronic resource] /
Lambie, J.author.
In a lively and subversive analysis, psychologist John Lambie explains how to see another person's point of view while remaining critical - in other words how to be 'critically open-minded'. Using entertaining examples from history and psychology, Lambie explores the implications of critical open-mindedness for scientific and moral progress.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 How Is Human Progress Possible?; Part I: Critical Open-Mindedness: What Is It?; 2 Introducing Critical Open-Mindedness; 3 Case Study 1: Open and Closed Minds - Erasmus Versus Luther; 4 Previous Approaches to Open-Mindedness: From Socrates to the Present; 5 Summary of the New Model of Critical Open-Mindedness; Part II: Critical Open-Mindedness: What Is It Good For?; 6 Effects of Open-Mindedness on Decision Making, Morality, and Well-Being; 7 Case Study II: Morality - The Levellers and Religious Toleration
8 Case Study III: Science - Galileo and Critical Perspective ShiftingPart III: Critical Open-Mindedness: What Underpins It?; 9 History of Open and Closed Societies; 10 Psychological and Biological Roots of Open-Mindedness; 11 Case Study IV: Sound Self-Awareness - Joseph Stalin versus Jane Austen; Part IV: Implications and Conclusions; 12 Defending and Cultivating Critical Open-Mindedness; 13 Open-Mindedness, Science, and Religion; 14 Summary and Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In a lively and subversive analysis, psychologist John Lambie explains how to see another person's point of view while remaining critical - in other words how to be 'critically open-minded'. Using entertaining examples from history and psychology, Lambie explores the implications of critical open-mindedness for scientific and moral progress.
Social history.
Philosophy of mind.
Popular works.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Cognitive psychology.
Ethics.
Social History.
Philosophy of Mind.
Popular Science, general.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Cognitive Psychology.
Ethics.