Wisdom

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• Wisdom Course Basic Information
• Wisdom Course Reading Schedule
• Wisdom Course Assignment List
• In-Class Notes
• Study Questions
• Major Wisdom Research Questions
• Wisdom Course Bibliography
• Assignment Rubric

Documents for Assignments

• First Short Answer Exercise: How do Baltes & Co. approach the problem of wisdom and what is their basic construct? Locate the theory within the range of approaches to wisdom we have consider and indicate some strengths and weaknesses of this particular approach. 350 words

• Assignment Rubric

Resources

• Wisdom Movie List
• Review of a recent book by biologist David Sloan Wilson on group selection and altruism. [1]
• Some details about aging from Atul Gwande's new book, Being Mortal: Media:AgingDetailsGwandeBeingMortal.pdf
• South Perry Yoga Studio Meditation classes. [2]
• Also, check out Lila Yoga on Main, very close to campus. [3] The "Yin Restorative" class on Sunday nights is a mostly meditation experience.

• Americans as outliers, Pew research. [4]
• Mischel impulse control video. very cute. [5]
• Don't forget to download Turning Point Responseware. The license you want for "Responseware." A 1 year license is $19.00. Turning Point Store
• Screen capture for showing your Responseware ID (Device ID). [[6]]
• Screen capture showing the student store and product in the store that you should buy. [[7]] [[8]]
• The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits
• Wisdom Student Wiki Practice Page
• Philosophical Methods
• Wisdom quotes
• New Yorker article on delayed gratification [9]
• Wiki page on "deferred gratification" [10]

Links to Other Resources

• Mather Amygdala Study Article
• Forest of Friendship, Baggage Carousel of Jerks[11]
• So You Think You're Smarter Than A CIA Agent, [12]
• Sikh Wisdom: [13], [14]
• Ngram for wisdom and related terms [15]
• TED talk on misdirection: [16]
• multi dimensional scaling [17]
• Video for the Trolley Problem [18]
• Meditation Exercises
• Wisdom Self-test
• General Philosophy Paper Rubric
• Philosophical Methods
• Philosophical Methods for Philosophy Majors
• Old course notes and study questions: Lecture Notes A Study Questions