A Disciplined Mind Versus An Undisciplined Mind

 

                      

Intellectual Humility Versus Intellectual Arrogance:

 

Intellectual Humility:

 has to do with the understanding that, you don’t know everything, you still need to learn, you don’t use your knowledge as a way of getting advantage over others but rather listening closely to what others are saying during discussions in order to learn something. There are three dimensions of intellectual humility;

 

An intellectual dimension which includes smartness, curiosity, love of learning and inquisitiveness. A humble dimension which includes; a humble person, who doesn’t brag and is not a show-off; A Civil dimension which includes a person who listens to others, is kind, considerate and respectful. Intellectual Humility is good, it can be used to enhance civil discourse.

 

 Having the ability to respect others knowledge and opinions and having an attitude of open mindness will help the society move towards the best solutions of solving problems.while;

 

Intellectual Arrogance:

 refers to a state and a frame of mind where an individual considers his/her intellect to be superior to others, his/her knowledge cannot be challenged and he/she judges others based on their intellect. It is the opposite of intellectual humility. The individual may not know everything , may not be that intelligent but its just the fact that he thinks he knows everything. He will show it to your face any chance he gets. These people have a “my way” attitude since only their views are supposedly the right way to think; They regard themselves as experts in a particular field; They refuse to see the bigger picture or another viewpoint, especially of those they consider ignorant and they like theorizing, explaining and dictating. Basically they like learning their own voice. This state of being intellectually, arrogant limits the expansion of an individuals knowledge since he closes himself from the understanding of others.

 

 

Intellectual Courage Versus Intellectual Cowardice:

 

“Nothing in Life is to be feared. It is only to be Understood”-Marie Curie. Intellectual courage means being willing to cope with difficult concepts and asking questions, being willing to struggle and gain understanding, as well as risking making mistakes. It also means being Intrinsically motivated to learn and question, rather than extrinsically motivated. This courage is connected with the recognition that ideas considered dangerous or absurd are sometimes rationally justified with a belief put in us that are sometimes false or misleading. We must at all times “accept” what we have “learned”. It is best if you question or more findings in the concepts. Courage is needed for one to be true to his own thinking. While;

 

Intellectual Cowardice:

This is the fear of ideas that do not conform to one’s own. One becomes afraid of giving serious consideration to ideas, beliefs or viewpoints that are viewed dangerous. An individual feels personally threatened by some ideas when they conflict significantly with their own identity feeling that an attack on the ideas is an attack on one as a person. Intellectual cowardice is motivated by a fear of being shown to be wrong, but at the same time desiring to be recognized for intellectual accomplishments. The problem with intellectual cowardice is essentially that it is a form of dishonesty.

 

 

Intellectual Empathy Versus Intellectual Narrow Mindedness:

 

Having a consciousness of the need to imaginatively put oneself in the place of others in order to genuinely understand them, this requires the consciousness of our egocentric tendency to identify truth with our immediate perceptions of long-standing thought or belief. This trait correlates with the ability to reconstruct accurately the viewpoints and reasoning of others and to reason from premises, assumptions, and ideas other than our own. This trait also correlates with the willingness to remember occasions when we were in the past despite an intense conviction that we were right and with the ability to imagine our being similarly in a case-at-a-hand.

 

Intellectual Autonomy Versus Intellectual Conformity:

 

Having rational control of one’s beliefs values and inferences. The ideal of critical thinking is to learn to think for oneself, to gain command over one’s thought processes. It entails a commitment to analyzing and evaluating beliefs on the basis of reason and evidence, to question when it is rational to question, to believe when it is rational to believe and to conform when it is rational to conform.

 

Intellectual Integrity Versus Intellectual Hypocrisy:

 

Is defined as recognition of the need to be true to one’s own thinking and to hold oneself to the standards one expects others to meet. It means to hold oneself to the same rigorous standards of evidence and proof to which one holds one’s antagonists to practice what one advocates for others.

 

The appearance of integrity means a lot because it affects our image with others. Therefore hypocrisy is often implicit in which the thinking and action behind human behaviour as a function of natural egocentric thinking. Our hypocrisy is hidden from us.

 

Suppose I were to say to you that our relationship is really important to me, but you find out that I have lied to you about something important to you. My behaviour lacks integrity. I have acted hypocritically. While;

 

The word hypocrisy comes from the greek word hypokrisi which ,means “play acting” “dissembling” and also the hypocrisy is the state of promoting or trying to enforce standards, attitudes, lifestyles, virtues, beliefs, principles that one does not actually hold and may not even regularly violates also involves the deception of others and is a lie.

 

Every one agrees that hypocrisy is something to be avoided. And pointing out that your opponent is a hypocrite can often weaken their position, because we recognize that if someone endorses some action but then fails to act that way themselves it often indicates that they aren’t telling us the whole story.

 

Intellectual Perseverance Versus Intellectual Laziness;

 

Having a consciousness of the need to use intellectual insights and truths in spite of difficulties, obstacles and frustrations, firm adherence to rational principles despite the irrational opposition of others; a sense of the need to struggle with the confusion and unsettled questions over an extended period of time to     achieve deeper understanding or insight.

BY: ALLY AMINA.  BAPRM 42526