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This chapter will examine open-mindedness as a topic of academic discussion from ancient times to the present day. We will examine how the notion of critical open-mindedness used in this book relates to, but also differs from, previous accounts of openmindedness.
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Lambie, J. (2014). Previous Approaches to Open-Mindedness: From Socrates to the Present. In: How to be Critically Open-Minded — A Psychological and Historical Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137301055_4
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