W. Jay Wood was a philosopher who, during a nearly 40-year career as a professor at Wheaton College in Wheaton, grappled with key questions regarding knowledge and understanding. In his scholarship ...

The Greater Good Science Center’s three-year Intellectual Humility Project aimed to raise awareness of research on intellectual humility and its implications. As part of that, we supported 19 ...

A new study suggests that children as young as five favor adults who express doubt when unsure rather than those who are overly confident. The science of intellectual humility is growing rapidly, and ...

Recognizing this limitation and the potential fallibility of even our most deeply held beliefs is core to the concept of intellectual humility. “It helps you overcome this very categorical, ...

I answered this question along with a few others for Character Lab in a Tip of the Week: What is intellectual humility—and how is it different from just plain humility? Intellectual humility is about ...

Intellectual humility denotes an individual’s recognition of the limits of one’s knowledge, openness to revising one’s views in light of new evidence, and respect for alternative perspectives. Within ...