If you're close-minded, you're not going to be conscious of it - that's the nature of the beast. You can't force someone's mind open, as all you're doing then

If you're close-minded, you're not going to be conscious of it - that's the nature of the beast. You can't force someone's mind open, as all you're doing then is teaching them to be close-minded with a different set of axioms that you've behooved upon them. As to yourself - it's hard to say, as having any objective view of self is challenging to say the least. I like to think I'm extremely open-minded, but I might be wrong.