Wisdom
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- Wisdom Course Basic Information
- Major Wisdom Research Questions
- Wisdom Course Reading Schedule
- In-Class Notes
- Study Questions
- Wisdom Course Bibliography
- Assignment Rubric
- The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits
- Spring 2016 Wisdom Student Practice Page for Wiki - Introduce yourself.
- Philosophical Methods
Google Forms, Class Audio, and Peerceptiv
- Peerceptive Sign up for Peerceptiv today! The class code is "hire12". Cost is $6.95 for the semester. Choose research option "yes". You will receive 5 points for signing up and completing payment by Friday.
- Tell Me - A general form for telling me anything anonymously or not.
- Audio From Class
- To access audio from class, fill in the weblink following this example: alfino.org/audiofromclass/447TJAN12.m4a
- Note the use of a "T" for Tuesday's class or "W" for Wednesday's class.
Resources
- Wisdom Movie List
- Wisdom Project and Research Suggestions
- 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]
- 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
Notes from Previous Version of the Course
- In-Class Notes Spring 2015
- Study Questions Spring 2015
