Wisdom

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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
• Americans as outliers, Pew research. [2]
• Mischel impulse control video. very cute. [3]
• The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits
• Wisdom Student Wiki Practice Page
• Philosophical Methods
• Wisdom quotes
• New Yorker article on delayed gratification [4]
• Wiki page on "deferred gratification" [5]
• Mather Amygdala Study Article
• Forest of Friendship, Baggage Carousel of Jerks[6]
• So You Think You're Smarter Than A CIA Agent, [7]
• Sikh Wisdom: [8], [9]
• Ngram for wisdom and related terms [10]
• TED talk on misdirection: [11]
• multi dimensional scaling [12]
• Video for the Trolley Problem [13]
• Meditation Exercises
• Wisdom Self-test
• General Philosophy Paper Rubric
• Philosophical Methods
• Philosophical Methods for Philosophy Majors
• In-Class Notes Spring 2015
• Study Questions Spring 2015