Wisdom Course Reading Schedule

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14-Jan-15

• First Day Information

• Preliminary Discussion of Wisdom

• Small Group Discussion Task

21-Jan-15

• Hall, Chapters 1: “What is Wisdom?”

• Robinson, “Wisdom through the Ages”

• Discussion of Philosophical Method==

• 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”

28-Jan-15

• 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”

• Ardelt, “Wisdom and Satisfaction in Old Age”

04-Feb-15

• 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”)

11-Feb-15

• 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.”

18-Feb-15

• 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.”

• Mid-term Exam

25-Feb-15

• Hall, Chapters 7 and 8: “Compassion: The Biology of Loving-Kindness” and “Humility: The Gift of Perspective”

• Holder, “The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving”

• Ricard, Matthieu. Chapters 6 & 7 of “Happiness”

• Hall, Chapter 5. “Knowing What's Important: The Neural Mechanism of Establishing Value and Making a Judgement”

• 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”

• Sternberg, “Wisdom and its relations to intelligence and creativity”

4-Mar-15

• Epictetus, Enchiridion

• Long, “Epictetus in his Time and Place” (recommended)

• Hall, Chapters 12 and 13: “Youth, Adversity, and Resilience: The seeds of wisdom”

18-Mar-15

• Boyd and Richerson. “Culture and the evolution of human cooperation.”"

• Wilson, David Sloan, “Chapter 4: The Secular Utility of Religion”

• Sosis, Richard. “The Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual.”

• 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).

01-Apr-15

• Estes, Daniel. “Proverbs.” from, Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms

• Proverbs (read through any translation)

• Job

08-Apr-15

• Ecclesiastes

• Song of Solomon

15-Apr-15

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 Strangers to Ourselves

29-Apr-15

• Wilson, “Chapter 9: Looking Outward to Know Ourselves”

• 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.

05-May-15

• Final Exam, 8-10pm