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many individuals fail in their aims because they do not make good evaluations of their intellectual strengths and weaknesses. Whilst sometimes misjudgments are the result of honest mistakes and other non-culpable shortcomings, oftentimes misjudgments flow from systematically biased thinking.
— Jun 16, 2022 04:18AM
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Those who have the measure of their epistemically worth... have attitudes that promote making the best of whatever cognitive abilities they have and of their potential for improvements in two related senses.
— Jun 16, 2022 04:40AM
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They are able to accept their limitations without being resigned to them.
— Jun 16, 2022 04:36AM
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Having a well-calibrated sense of one’s intellectual abilities and limitations is necessary for being a good inquirer or epistemically agent.
— Jun 16, 2022 04:31AM
