Intellectual Autonomy, Humility, and Self-Confidence, each in their own way are crucial in our becoming intellectually virtuous. But why? What does it really mean to be ‘autonomous’, ‘humble’ or ‘self-confident’? In today’s readings we’ll get clearer on what these mean from the framework of Virtue Epistemology. By doing this, you will:
1. Be able to explain why thinking for yourself is an epistemically good thing, and what that would mean.
2. Be able to describe how intellectual humility and self-confidence can each exist in the same person, and why anyone should want to be humble and self-confident.
3. Give examples of what intellectually autonomy, humility, and self-confidence look like in everyday life.