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Return to Wisdom
JAN 14
First Class
JAN 16
- What aspects of wisdom does Hall's personal experience on 9/11 bring out?
- What are the principle traits and defining characteristics of wisdom on Hall's definition? Do they seem justified in light of your own paradigmatic image(s) of wisdom (situtations within you judge or hypothesize wise thought or action of some kind)?
- (In Robinson) What are some characteristics of Homeric culture that distinguish its model of wisdom?
- Give examples of similarities and differences in the ways that Socrates and Aristotle model wisdom.
JAN 21
- Is Socratic legend a testimony to the reality of wisdom?
- What is the Axial Age Hypothesis? Evaluate.
- Distinguish Periclean and Socratic models of wisdom.
- Why is there a problem explaining where the topic of wisdom went? What are some candidates for solutions?
- What is Aristotle's view of wisdom?
JAN 23
- Describe and evaluate Gisela Labouvie-Vief's criticism of Western models of cognition.
- How do Clayton and Birren contrast Western and Eastern models of cognition and wisdom?
- What did Clayton and Birren find from their age-cohort MDS study of wisdom?
