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Open-mindedness is considered to be a virtue. But, strictly speaking, it cannot occur.

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If a person is capable of rectifying his erroneous judgments in the light of new evidence he is not prejudiced.
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We cannot know the young child’s personality by studying his systems of interest, for his attention is as yet too labile, his reactions impulsive, and interests unformed.
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Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are not reversible when exposed to new knowledge.
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The theist is persuaded that while nothing that contradicts science is likely to be true, still nothing that stops with science can be the whole truth.
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Since we think about ourselves so much of the time, it is comforting to assume … that we really know the score…. [But] this is not an easy assignment.
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Life is too short so we must generalize.
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The dog [in Pavlov’s experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering accompanies the bell.
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The outlines of the needed psychology of becoming can be discovered by looking within ourselves; for it is knowledge of our own uniqueness that supplies the first, and probably the best, hints for acquiring orderly knowledge of others.
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Open-mindedness is considered to be a virtue. But, strictly speaking, it cannot occur.
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And sometimes no amount of punishment can make us repudiate our loyalty.
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Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are reversible when exposed to new knowledge.
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