Resources

For helpful introductions to intellectual virtues (What are they? Why are they important?) intended for a wide audience, we recommend:

• Nathan King, The Excellent Mind (OUP 2021)
• Phillip Dow, Virtuous Minds (IVP Academic, 2013)

For more technical and philosophical treatments of intellectual virtues, we recommend:

• Linda Zagzebski, Virtues of the Mind (CUP, 1996)
• Robert Roberts and Jay Wood, Intellectual Virtues (OUP, 2007)
• Jason Baehr, The Inquiring Mind (OUP, 2011)
• Jason Baehr, Inquiry & Agency (OUP, 2025)

For resources related to teaching for intellectual virtues, we recommend:

• Ron Ritchart, Intellectual Character: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get It (Jossey-Bass, 2002)
• Ron Ritchart, Mark Church, and Karin Morrison, Making Thinking Visible (Jossey-Bass, 2011)
• Ron Ritchart, Creating Cultures of Thinking (Jossey-Bass, 2015)
• Jason Baehr (ed.), Intellectual Virtues and Education (Routledge, 2016)
• Jason Baehr, Deep in Thought (Harvard Education Press, 2021)

For a selection of scholarly articles related to educating for intellectual virtues, see:

• Heather Battaly, "Teaching for Intellectual Virtues, " Teaching Philosophy3 (2006): 191-222.
• James Macallister, "Virtue Epistemology and the Philosophy of Education, " Journal of Philosophy of Education2 (2012): 251-270.
• Jason Baehr, "Educating for Intellectual Virtues: From Theory to Practice, " Journal of Philosophy of Education2 (2013): 248-262.
• Jason Baehr, "Varieties of Character and Some Implications for Character Education, " Journal of Youth and Adolescence 46 (2017): 1153-1161.
• Jason Baehr, "Is Intellectual Character Growth a Realistic Educational Aim?" Journal of Moral Education2 (2016): 117-131.

For a wide range of additional theoretical and practical resources, see the Educating for Intellectual Virtues website.