ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. It discusses the nature and value of intellectual virtues and on the implications of these suggestions for future philosophical and related research on intellectual virtues and education. The book presents affective dimension of intellectual virtues, it should be clear that an adequate understanding of these qualities requires close attention to their characteristic feelings and emotions. Ian James Kidd discusses the value of intellectual humility when it comes to regulating the confidence people have in their beliefs. Wayne Riggs clarifies the importance of virtues like open-mindedness and insightfulness to the acquisition of understanding. The book helps students to grow in open-mindedness, and constructs regular opportunities for them to practice the kind of perspective-switching skill or ability characteristic of this virtue. It contains topics that philosophers, psychologists, educational theorists, and others might begin to ponder as they think in greater depth about educating for intellectual virtues.
