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Return to [[Wisdom]]
 
Return to [[Wisdom]]
  
==14-Jan-15==
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==12/13 Jan==
  
 
*First Day Information
 
*First Day Information
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*Small Group Discussion Task
 
*Small Group Discussion Task
  
==21-Jan-15==
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==19/20 Jan==
  
 
*Hall, Chapters 1: “What is Wisdom?”  
 
*Hall, Chapters 1: “What is Wisdom?”  
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*Robinson, “Wisdom through the Ages”  
 
*Robinson, “Wisdom through the Ages”  
  
*Discussion of Philosophical Method==
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*Discussion of [[Philosophical Methods]]
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*Hall, Chapter 2, "The Wisest Man in the World"
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*Osbeck and Robinson, “Philosophical Theories of Wisdom, up to p. 70
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==26/27 Jan==
  
*Classical Greek Wisdom: Hall, Chapter 2, Osbeck and Robinson, “Philosophical Theories of Wisdom, up to p. 70
 
                                                                     
 
 
*Labouvie-Vief, “Wisdom As Intergrated Thought:  Historical and Developmental Perspectives”  
 
*Labouvie-Vief, “Wisdom As Intergrated Thought:  Historical and Developmental Perspectives”  
  
==28-Jan-15==
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*Clayton, V., and J. E. Birren. “The Development of Wisdom Across the Life Span”
 
 
*Clayton, V., and J. E. Birren. “The Devleopment of Wisdom Across the Life Span”
 
  
 
*Carstensen, “The Influence of a Sense of Time on Human Development”
 
*Carstensen, “The Influence of a Sense of Time on Human Development”
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*Ardelt, “Wisdom and Satisfaction in Old Age”
 
*Ardelt, “Wisdom and Satisfaction in Old Age”
  
 
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==2/3 Feb==
==04-Feb-15==
 
  
 
*Birren, James E. and Svensson, Cheryl M., “Wisdom in History” (from p. 12-29)
 
*Birren, James E. and Svensson, Cheryl M., “Wisdom in History” (from p. 12-29)
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*Hall, Chapter 4, “Emotional Regulation: The Art of Coping” (Begins a section of Hall: “Neural Pillars of Wisdom”)
 
*Hall, Chapter 4, “Emotional Regulation: The Art of Coping” (Begins a section of Hall: “Neural Pillars of Wisdom”)
  
==11-Feb-15==
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==9/10 Feb==
  
 
*Baltes, P. B, and Jacqui Smith. “Toward a Psychology of Wisdom and Its Ontogenesis.” (Sternberg) This is your primary introduction to the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm.
 
*Baltes, P. B, and Jacqui Smith. “Toward a Psychology of Wisdom and Its Ontogenesis.” (Sternberg) This is your primary introduction to the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm.
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*Kunzman, Ute and Paul Baltes. “The Psychology of Wisdom: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges.”
 
*Kunzman, Ute and Paul Baltes. “The Psychology of Wisdom: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges.”
  
==18-Feb-15==
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==16/17 Feb==
  
 
*Hall, Chapter 6, “Moral Reasoning: The Biology of Judging Right from Wrong”
 
*Hall, Chapter 6, “Moral Reasoning: The Biology of Judging Right from Wrong”
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*Haidt, Jonathan. “The Emotional Dog and Its Rational Tail:  A Social Intuitionist Approach to Moral Judgement.”  
 
*Haidt, Jonathan. “The Emotional Dog and Its Rational Tail:  A Social Intuitionist Approach to Moral Judgement.”  
  
*Mid-term Exam
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*Hall, Chapters 7 and 8: “Compassion: The Biology of Loving-Kindness” and “Humility: The Gift of Perspective”
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==23/24 Feb==
  
==25-Feb-15==
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*Sideritis, Chapter 2, "Early Buddhism: Basic Teaching"
  
*Hall, Chapters 7 and 8: “Compassion: The Biology of Loving-Kindness” and “Humility: The Gift of Perspective”
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*Pali Canon, “The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving”
  
*Holder, “The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving”
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*Ricard, Matthieu.  Chapter 6, The Alchemy of Suffering" & 7 "The Veils of the Ego"
  
*Ricard, Matthieu.  Chapters 6 & 7 of “Happiness”
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==1/2 Mar==
  
 
*Hall, Chapter 5. “Knowing What's Important: The Neural Mechanism of Establishing Value and Making a Judgement”
 
*Hall, Chapter 5. “Knowing What's Important: The Neural Mechanism of Establishing Value and Making a Judgement”
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*Gilbert, Daniel.  TED Talk.  [href=“http://new.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness Why We Make Bad Decisions]  
 
*Gilbert, Daniel.  TED Talk.  [href=“http://new.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness Why We Make Bad Decisions]  
  
*Stanovich, “The Rationality of Educating for Wisdom”
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*Sternberg, “Wisdom and its relations to intelligence and creativity” (recommended)
  
*Sternberg, “Wisdom and its relations to intelligence and creativity”
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*Hall, Chapters 12 and 13: “Youth, Adversity, and Resilience: The seeds of wisdom”
  
==4-Mar-15==
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==15/16 Mar==
  
 
*Epictetus, Enchiridion
 
*Epictetus, Enchiridion
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*Long, “Epictetus in his Time and Place” (recommended)
 
*Long, “Epictetus in his Time and Place” (recommended)
  
*Hall, Chapters 12 and 13: “Youth, Adversity, and Resilience: The seeds of wisdom”
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*Boyd and Richerson. “Culture and the evolution of human cooperation.”"
  
==18-Mar-15==
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==22/23 Mar==
 
 
*Boyd and Richerson. “Culture and the evolution of human cooperation.”"
 
  
 
*Wilson, David Sloan, “Chapter 4: The Secular Utility of Religion”   
 
*Wilson, David Sloan, “Chapter 4: The Secular Utility of Religion”   
  
 
*Sosis, Richard. “The Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual.”  
 
*Sosis, Richard. “The Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual.”  
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==29/30 Mar==
  
 
*Haidt, Jonathan, “Divinity with or without God,” The Happiness Hypothesis.
 
*Haidt, Jonathan, “Divinity with or without God,” The Happiness Hypothesis.
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*Edgerton, from “Sick Societies”, Chapter 2  (Chapter 1 if you have time).
 
*Edgerton, from “Sick Societies”, Chapter 2  (Chapter 1 if you have time).
  
==25-Mar-15==
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==5/6 Apr==
 
 
 
 
 
 
==01-Apr-15==
 
  
 
*Estes, Daniel. “Proverbs.” from, Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms  
 
*Estes, Daniel. “Proverbs.” from, Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms  
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*Job
 
*Job
  
==08-Apr-15 ==
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==12/13 Apr==
  
 
*Ecclesiastes
 
*Ecclesiastes
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*Song of Solomon
 
*Song of Solomon
  
==15-Apr-15==
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==19/20 Apr==
 
 
Read some reference sources, such as wikipedia, to fill in general background knowledge of Islam.
 
Islamic Research Foundation Intenational, “Words of Wisdom from the Koran”
 
Robert Frager, Chapter Six, “The Mind of Islam”
 
 
 
*Robert Frager, Chapter Five, “Sufism: the Path of Islamic mysticism”
 
 
 
*Discussion of Sikh proverbs and quotes: See Wiki links under “Links to Other Resources”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==22-Apr-15==
 
 
 
*"Narrative Opacity and the Growth of Wisdom
 
  
 
*Wilson, Timothy. “Chapter 8: Introspection and Self-Narratives” in <I>Strangers to Ourselves</I>
 
*Wilson, Timothy. “Chapter 8: Introspection and Self-Narratives” in <I>Strangers to Ourselves</I>
  
==29-Apr-15==
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*Wilson, “Chapter 9: Looking Outward to Know Ourselves”
  
*Wilson, “Chapter 9: Looking Outward to Know Ourselves”
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==26/27 Apr==
  
 
*Wilson, Timothy. “Chapter 10: Observing and Changing Our Behavior,” in <I>Strangers to Ourselves</I>
 
*Wilson, Timothy. “Chapter 10: Observing and Changing Our Behavior,” in <I>Strangers to Ourselves</I>
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*Go back to later part of “Emo Dog” on social cognition, pp. 826-830.
 
*Go back to later part of “Emo Dog” on social cognition, pp. 826-830.
  
==05-May-15==
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==FINAL WEEK==
  
*Final Exam, 8-10pm
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*Student conferences and paper workshops

Latest revision as of 18:05, 28 March 2016

Return to Wisdom

12/13 Jan

  • First Day Information
  • Preliminary Discussion of Wisdom
  • Small Group Discussion Task

19/20 Jan

  • Hall, Chapters 1: “What is Wisdom?”
  • Robinson, “Wisdom through the Ages”
  • Hall, Chapter 2, "The Wisest Man in the World"
  • Osbeck and Robinson, “Philosophical Theories of Wisdom, up to p. 70

26/27 Jan

  • Labouvie-Vief, “Wisdom As Intergrated Thought: Historical and Developmental Perspectives”
  • Clayton, V., and J. E. Birren. “The Development of Wisdom Across the Life Span”
  • Carstensen, “The Influence of a Sense of Time on Human Development”
  • Ardelt, “Wisdom and Satisfaction in Old Age”

2/3 Feb

  • Birren, James E. and Svensson, Cheryl M., “Wisdom in History” (from p. 12-29)
  • Hall, Chapter 3, “Heart and Mind: The Psychological Roots of Wisdom”
  • Hall, Chapter 4, “Emotional Regulation: The Art of Coping” (Begins a section of Hall: “Neural Pillars of Wisdom”)

9/10 Feb

  • Baltes, P. B, and Jacqui Smith. “Toward a Psychology of Wisdom and Its Ontogenesis.” (Sternberg) This is your primary introduction to the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm.
  • Baltes, Paul B., and Alexandra M. Freund. “The Intermarriage of Wisdom and Selective Optimization With Compensation.”
  • Kunzman, Ute and Paul Baltes. “The Psychology of Wisdom: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges.”

16/17 Feb

  • Hall, Chapter 6, “Moral Reasoning: The Biology of Judging Right from Wrong”
  • Haidt, Jonathan. “The Emotional Dog and Its Rational Tail: A Social Intuitionist Approach to Moral Judgement.”
  • Hall, Chapters 7 and 8: “Compassion: The Biology of Loving-Kindness” and “Humility: The Gift of Perspective”

23/24 Feb

  • Sideritis, Chapter 2, "Early Buddhism: Basic Teaching"
  • Pali Canon, “The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving”
  • Ricard, Matthieu. Chapter 6, The Alchemy of Suffering" & 7 "The Veils of the Ego"

1/2 Mar

  • Hall, Chapter 5. “Knowing What's Important: The Neural Mechanism of Establishing Value and Making a Judgement”
  • Sternberg, “Wisdom and its relations to intelligence and creativity” (recommended)
  • Hall, Chapters 12 and 13: “Youth, Adversity, and Resilience: The seeds of wisdom”

15/16 Mar

  • Epictetus, Enchiridion
  • Long, “Epictetus in his Time and Place” (recommended)
  • Boyd and Richerson. “Culture and the evolution of human cooperation.”"

22/23 Mar

  • Wilson, David Sloan, “Chapter 4: The Secular Utility of Religion”
  • Sosis, Richard. “The Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual.”

29/30 Mar

  • Haidt, Jonathan, “Divinity with or without God,” The Happiness Hypothesis.
  • Hall, Chapter 9, "Altruism: Social Justice, Fairness, and the Wisdom of Punishment"
  • Edgerton, from “Sick Societies”, Chapter 2 (Chapter 1 if you have time).

5/6 Apr

  • Estes, Daniel. “Proverbs.” from, Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms
  • Proverbs (read through any translation)
  • Job

12/13 Apr

  • Ecclesiastes
  • Song of Solomon

19/20 Apr

  • Wilson, Timothy. “Chapter 8: Introspection and Self-Narratives” in Strangers to Ourselves
  • Wilson, “Chapter 9: Looking Outward to Know Ourselves”

26/27 Apr

  • Wilson, Timothy. “Chapter 10: Observing and Changing Our Behavior,” in Strangers to Ourselves
  • Go back to later part of “Emo Dog” on social cognition, pp. 826-830.

FINAL WEEK

  • Student conferences and paper workshops