Intellectual honesty

Intellectual honesty is an applied method of problem solving, characterized by an unbiased, honest attitude, which can be demonstrated in a number of different ways: Intellectual honesty is an applied method of problem solving, characterized by an unbiased, honest attitude, which can be demonstrated in a number of different ways: Harvard ethicist Louis M. Guenin describes the 'kernel' of intellectual honesty to be 'a virtuous disposition to eschew deception when given an incentive for deception'. Intentionally committed fallacies in debates and reasoning are called intellectual dishonesty.