Teaching open-mindedness is part of the essential mission of education, says Jonathan Adler, a professor of philosophy at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center. Teaching open-mindedness is ...

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio emphasized the importance of radical open-mindedness in decision-making, arguing that growth and better outcomes come from actively questioning one's assumptions. On ...

In my most recent post, 12 Important Dispositions for Critical Thinking - as the title suggests, I presented a list of dispositions that are likely to enhance the quality of one’s thinking.

Walt Disney once said "If you can imagine it, you can create it." As a scientist, I believe that innovation lies in the human imagination, because you once you can conceptualize something in your ...

The question of open-mindedness is not a simple one. It is often perceived as a way of backing away from one's own thoughts, values and so on, when in fact it is not a way of convincing. As this ...

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio emphasized the importance of radical open-mindedness in decision-making, arguing that growth and better outcomes come from actively questioning one's assumptions. On ...

In my most recent post, 12 Important Dispositions for Critical Thinking, I presented a list of dispositions that are likely to enhance the quality of one’s thinking—specifically, disposition toward ...

Everybody likes to consider themselves open-minded. (Few, if any, people would proudly claim, "Nah, I'm closed-minded.") Like kindness and humility, open-mindedness is widely perceived as a good ...