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How to Encourage Open-minded Engagement Around Divisive Topics?


Keywords: open-mindedness, divisiveness, epistemology

Abstract: The present symposium will explore different interventions, persuasion and discussion tactics, and individual differences that predict willingness to engage with opposing beliefs and those who hold them. Together, these papers explore interventions, persuasion and discussion tactics, and individual differences that predict the willingness to engage with opposing beliefs and those who hold them. By tackling this same question from a variety of angles, these scholars provide a holistic approach to our understanding of the psychological processes at play when engaging with divisive topics.

Trevor Spelman, Northwestern University (United States)
Email: trevor.spelman@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Samantha Kassirer, Northwestern University (United States)
Email: samantha.kassirer@gmail.com

Jake Womick, University of North Carolina (United States)
Email: jwomick@unc.edu

Evan DeFilippis, Harvard University (United States)
Email: defilippis@gmail.com

Will Blakey, University of North Carolina (United States)
Email: wblakey@unc.edu

Abdo Elnakouri, University of Waterloo (United States)
Email: abdo.elnakouri@uwaterloo.ca

 


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