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The reputational benefits of intellectual humility

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Much work on intellectual humility has focused on its epistemic benefits. We suggest that expressing (or failing to express) intellectual humility also has effects on how others perceive us and can thus serve reputation management purposes, in at least four ways: (i) Intellectual humility can signal we are a good source of information; (ii) Intellectual humility can signal we are competent through countersignaling; (iii) Intellectual humility can make it less likely for others to believe we are overclaiming superiority; (iv) lack of intellectual humility (or intellectual arrogance) can signal dominance. Some evidence suggests that intellectual humility (or lack thereof) can have each of these effects. Seeing intellectual humility as (inter alia) a reputation management tool predicts that expressions of intellectual humility will vary across contexts. In conclusion, we speculate that understanding intellectual humility in view of reputation management could help construct environments more conducive to expressions of intellectual humility.

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hal-03971284 , version 1 (03-02-2023)

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Mia Karabegovic, Hugo Mercier. The reputational benefits of intellectual humility. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 2023, ⟨10.1007/s13164-023-00679-9⟩. ⟨hal-03971284⟩
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