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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]]
  
*Hall, Chapter 2, Osbeck and Robinson, “Philosophical Theories of Wisdom, up to p. 70
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*Hall, Chapter 2, "The Wisest Man in the World"
                                                                     
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*Labouvie-Vief, “Wisdom As Intergrated Thought:  Historical and Developmental Perspectives”
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*Osbeck and Robinson, “Philosophical Theories of Wisdom, up to p. 70
  
==28-Jan-15==
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==26/27 Jan==
  
===Begin Group Short Answer Exercise===
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*Labouvie-Vief, “Wisdom As Intergrated Thought:  Historical and Developmental Perspectives”
  
*Clayton, V., and J. E. Birren. “The Devleopment of Wisdom Across the Life Span”
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*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”
 
*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”
  
==04-Feb-15==
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==2/3 Feb==
  
 
*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==
 
 
 
 
===Begin SA #1 - Peerceptiv===
 
  
 
*Hall, Chapter 6, “Moral Reasoning: The Biology of Judging Right from Wrong”
 
*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.” (recommended)
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*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”
 
*Hall, Chapters 7 and 8: “Compassion: The Biology of Loving-Kindness” and “Humility: The Gift of Perspective”
  
==25-Feb-15==
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==23/24 Feb==
  
 
*Sideritis, Chapter 2, "Early Buddhism: Basic Teaching"
 
*Sideritis, Chapter 2, "Early Buddhism: Basic Teaching"
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*Ricard, Matthieu.  Chapter 6, The Alchemy of Suffering" & 7 "The Veils of the Ego"
 
*Ricard, Matthieu.  Chapter 6, The Alchemy of Suffering" & 7 "The Veils of the Ego"
  
===Mid-term Exam (optional)===
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==1/2 Mar==
 
 
==4-Mar-15==
 
  
 
*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”
  
==18-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.”"
  
==25-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”   
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*Sosis, Richard. “The Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual.”  
 
*Sosis, Richard. “The Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual.”  
  
===Begin SA #2 - Peerceptiv===
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==29/30 Mar==
 
 
:*Topics: Choice of topic from March 4 or March 18.  Please revise whichever material you found more interesting to you.
 
 
 
==01-Apr-15==
 
  
 
*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).
  
 
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==5/6 Apr==
 
 
==08-Apr-15==
 
 
 
*This class will be online due to conference travel.  I will post a short audio to go with the usual class notes and study questions.
 
  
 
*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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*Proverbs (read through any translation)
 
*Proverbs (read through any translation)
  
==15-Apr-15==
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*Job
  
===Begin Critical Insight Paper===
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==12/13 Apr==
*Job
 
  
 
*Ecclesiastes
 
*Ecclesiastes
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*Song of Solomon
 
*Song of Solomon
  
==22-Apr-15==
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==19/20 Apr==
  
 
*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>
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*Wilson, “Chapter 9: Looking Outward to Know Ourselves”
 
*Wilson, “Chapter 9: Looking Outward to Know Ourselves”
  
===Begin SA #3 - Peerceptiv===
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==26/27 Apr==
 
 
 
 
==29-Apr-15==
 
 
 
  
 
*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