Lambie, John, <br/><br/>
How to be critically open-minded :  a psychological and historical analysis / 
John Lambie. 
 - [Basingstoke] :  Palgrave Macmillan,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface --  1. How is Human Progress Possible? --  PART I: CRITICAL OPEN MINDEDNESS: WHAT IS IT? --  2. Introducing Critical Open Mindedness --  3. Case Study I: Open and Closed Minds : Erasmus volume Luther --  4. Previous Approaches to Open Mindedness: From Socrates to Present --  5. Summary of the New Model --  PART II: CRITICAL OPEN MINDEDNESS: WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? --  6. Decision Making, Morality and Well Being --  7. Case Study II: Morality -The Levellers and Religious Toleration --  8. Case Study III: Science-Galileo and Critical Perspective-Shifting --  PART III: CRITICAL OPEN MINDEDNESS: WHAT UNDERPINS IT? --  9. A History of Open and Closed Societies --  10. Psychological amd Biological Roots of Open-Mindedness --  11. Case Study IV: Sound Self-Awareness - Jane Austen volume Joseph Stalin --  PART IV: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS --  12. Defending and Cultivating Critical Open Mindedness --  13. Open-Mindedness, Science and Religion --  14. Summary and Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> Ever wondered how to be open-minded without losing your critical edge? In this fascinating and subversive analysis, psychologist John Lambie explains how to see the other person's point of view while remaining critical : in other words how to be "critically open-minded". In a wide ranging and entertaining account that covers a diverse array of topics : including the psychology of rationality, the novels of Jane Austen, the critical attitude of Galileo, the politics of the Levellers, and the parables of Jesus : Lambie explores both the history and psychology of critical open-mindedness, and explains how to cultivate it. Along the way he finds open and closed mindedness in many surprising and unexpected places. Combining history and psychology, Lambie examines the social and psychological underpinnings of critical open-mindedness and explores its implications for scientific and moral progress. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781137301055 9781349453382 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB495600  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016858442  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Critical thinking.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF441  / .H698 2014