{"ops":[{"attributes":{"background":"white","color":"#222222"},"insert":"In watching "},{"attributes":{"color":"#1155cc","link":"https://community.criticalthinking.org/watchEmbeddedVideo.php?id=312"},"insert":"(Ep. 17) Intellectual Virtues: Going Deeper - Overview & Intellectual Empathy"},{"insert":" with Dr. Elder and Dr. Nosich, I learned the following:\n \n1. During the introduction to the Intellectual Virtues, Dr. Elder emphasized that ethics imply the Intellectual Virtues. That was an important clarification.\n \n2. An Intellectual Virtue, as Dr. Nosich stated, is "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"doing"},{"insert":" the thing – not simply the "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"ability to do "},{"insert":"the thing (approx. 6 min). In other words, an Intellectual Virtue is not a skill, but rather a way of being. For example, Intellectual Perseverance isn’t "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"the ability to persevere intellectually"},{"insert":", but "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"IS "},{"insert":"persevering intellectually. \n \n3. This was stated more than once and was a good reminder: the terms used in critical thinking (the Elements, Standards, and Traits) are NOT mantras! They have to be used and practiced. The words must be “unpacked,” as Dr. Elder stated. It’s essential that we take time to understand and to clarify the meanings of the words "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"for ourselves"},{"insert":" – not simply use the words thoughtlessly or assume that they are shortcuts to developing our habits of mind. \n \n4. When distinguishing between critical "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"thinking"},{"insert":" and the critical "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"thinker"},{"insert":", Dr. Nosich noted that a critical thinker is a person who looks at things “appropriately,” not optimistically or pessimistically (approx. 20min).\n \n5. To develop our Intellectual Empathy, which is an Intellectual Virtue that requires the practice of certain skills, it is important to exercise that skill by considering Points of View that we’ve never considered before. Again, the reminder that Intellectual Empathy is "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"not"},{"insert":" adopting the feelings of that person, but, rather, is to fairly and accurately think through a Point of View is an important one. Also, the reminder that if we refuse to even consider another Point of View that it is a problem: thinking narrow-mindedly and being so intellectually arrogant to assume that we are “the be all and end all” of knowledge is dangerous. \n \n \n"}]}