Precis: The mismeasure of the self

Tanesini, Alessandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6250-471X 2024. Precis: The mismeasure of the self. Inquiry 67 (2) , pp. 727-737. 10.1080/0020174X.2022.2156922

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Abstract

In this precis of The Mismeasure of the Self I summarise and motivate the attitudinal framework adopted in the book. I defend an account of intellectual humility as a virtue of self-evaluation based on attitudes to the self motivated by the need for knowledge. I provide brief descriptions of some intellectual vices of inferiority and superiority and explain that they are underpinned by attitudes serving either ego-defensive or social adjustive functions. Finally, I detail some of the harms caused by these vices, defend the view that people are responsible for them, and describe an intervention designed to ameliorate vice.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	1502-3923
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	9 December 2022
Date of Acceptance:	3 December 2022
Last Modified:	11 Mar 2025 12:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/154742

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