@PublicHumility

Research and engagement project of @UCHI_UCONN examining the role intellectual humility plays in public life. Funded by the John Templeton Foundation.

 Storrs, CT
humilityandconviction.uconn.edu
Joined October 2015
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MIchael Lynch ( @Plural_truth ) "Truth and the Facebookians" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…

Truth and the Facebookians

Imagine a community—call them the “Facebookians”—whose politics is deeply polarized. Their political discourse reflects this divisiveness, but to a very unusual extent. For in making political clai…

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Lucy McDonald "Context Needed", context collapse and dogwhistles on social media on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…

Context Needed

It may be hard for us to admit, but many of us are two-faced. That is to say, we act differently depending on who we’re with. We might be polite and affectionate with parents, playful with friends,…

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Changing Attitudes@CAPDproj28 Nov 2022
Quassim Cassam "What is an act terrorism?" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…

Philosophizing about Terrorism

One evening almost exactly fifty years ago, a group of men and women in balaclavas abducted Mrs Jean McConville from her home in West Belfast. McConville, whose husband had died of cancer, had ten …

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Boudewijn De Bruin "Epistemic Virtues for Lawyers" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…

Epistemic Virtues for Lawyers

Criticism of lawyers is ubiquitous. Thomas More, the author of Utopia, believed there is no need for lawyers in an ideal world, as its inhabitants will plead their own cause. Without lawyers, he th…

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Why We Argue Podcast@WhyArguePod3 Nov 2022
Our second Seeing Truth episode of the podcast is here! Listen to Jane Wildgoose and Alexis Boylan talk collecting, death studies and more. In this clip, Wildgoose discusses the meaning of the Wildgoose Memorial Library collection. 📷: Wildgoose Memorial Library Portrait, 2005
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Changing Attitudes@CAPDproj17 Oct 2022
Beliefs as responsive to social incentives. @DanWilliamsPhil "The Social Roots of Irrationality" on Open for Debate. blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…

The Social Roots of Irrationality

Many animals navigate their environments with the use of internal models. It is tempting to think of human beliefs as just a highly complex example of this strategy. On this view, our beliefs are –…

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Manuela Wagner@manuelawag23 Sep 2022
Bias, Belief, and Conviction in an Age of Fake Facts - now available via open access. Enjoyed every minute of working with the amazing ⁦@pixelvolley⁩. We are also so grateful to our outstanding contributors, e.g. ⁦⁦@Plural_truth⁩ routledge.com/Bias-Belief-an…

Bias, Belief, and Conviction in an Age of Fake Facts

In this book, authors engage in an interdisciplinary discourse of theory and practice on the concept of personal conviction, addressing the variety of grey zones that mark the concept. Bias, Belief,...

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Ian Kidd "The ambivalence of cynicism" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…

The ambivalence of cynicism

Cynicism seems to have an ambivalent status. On the one hand, ‘being cynical’ might mean dogmatic scepticism about people’s moral character. A cynic can be arrogant – too smart, too savvy, to be ta…

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Eric Funkhouser "Thoughts for Sale" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…

Thoughts for Sale

My father spent his career working in production for large bakeries, supervising and troubleshooting the mass production of bread and buns. He would get up at 5:00 in the morning, put on his “white…

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Changing Attitudes@CAPDproj22 Aug 2022
Chris Kelp "WHY CARE ABOUT KNOWLEDGE?" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…

WHY CARE ABOUT KNOWLEDGE?

We care about knowledge. Given a choice between getting information about my illness from a doctor or a quack, I’d always go with the doctor. Why? Because, unlike the quack, the doctor knows what t…

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Mihaela Popa-Wyatt "Social media: a viral promoter of social ills?" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…

Social media: a viral promoter of social ills?

Public discourse is the currency in which we exchange our attitudes and beliefs. Social media has proven a double-edged sword with respect to this exchange. On the one hand, it has enabled debate a…

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UConn Humanities@UCHI_UConn29 Jun 2022
Congratulations to @pixelvolley and @manuelawag on the publication of their new edited collection, Bias, Belief, and Conviction in an Age of Fake Facts (@routledgebooks)! @PublicHumility #afterUCHI routledge.com/Bias-Belief-an…

Bias, Belief, and Conviction in an Age of Fake Facts

In this book, authors engage in an interdisciplinary discourse of theory and practice on the concept of personal conviction, addressing the variety of grey zones that mark the concept. Bias, Belief,...

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Alessandra Tanesini@Ale180818 Apr 2022
A new post on Open for debate @PublicHumility – at Penarth, Wales
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Yujia Song "The Hidden Problem in Moral Imagination" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…
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Alessandra Tanesini@Ale18082 May 2022
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Neri Marsili ( @NarsiMarsi )"Sharing bullshit on social media" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…
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Alessandra Tanesini@Ale180816 May 2022
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Contessa ( @GabContessa ) "What’s Wrong with the Individualistic Approach to Public Trust in Science? on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…
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Alessandra Tanesini@Ale180830 May 2022
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Gabriele Contessa ( @GabContessa ) "What’s The Social Approach to Public Trust in Science?" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…
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UConn Humanities@UCHI_UConn5 Apr 2022
Today's read: Former @PublicHumility fellow Tracy Llanera says in the @nytimes that treating yourself is a way to reclaim stability and freedom. #afterUCHI nytimes.com/2022/04/01/style…

Yes, You Do Deserve a Little Treat (Published 2022)

Two years into the pandemic, people are coping with big existential problems by making time for simple joys.

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UConn Humanities@UCHI_UConn25 Oct 2021
Congrats to former @PublicHumility fellow @LVRSelf on her new book, Hate Speech against Women Online: Concepts and Countermeasures (@RLPGBooks). Check it out! rowman.com/ISBN/978153814779…
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Tues 10/26 @DrAndyNo Zooms with us to discuss why ideologies are poisoning public discourse. Why extremism is on the rise. How we got here, and what can we do about it. #MentalImmunity @americnhumanist @PublicHumility @trexproject RSVP on meetup: meetup.com/Hartford-Humanist…
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Endre Begby on "Prejudiced Belief: Epistemic and Moral Perspectives" on Open for Debate blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openford…
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