Understanding Wisdom

by Brown, Warren, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9781890151300
• ISBN10: 1890151300
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Templeton Foundation Pr

Summary

Scholars bring focus to this under-studied area of scientific research.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction: A Hierarchical Framework for Understanding Wisdom	1	(14)
Nancy Murphy
Part I: The Sources of Wisdom
The Sources of Wisdom	15	(20)
R. E. Clements
Profundity with Panache: The Unappreciated Proverbial Wisdom of Sub-Saharan Africa	35	(22)
Stan W. Nussbaum
``A House Divided'': From Biblical Proverb to Lincoln and Beyond	57	(46)
Wolfgang Mieder
Israel's Wisdom Literature and the Intrinsic Integrity of Creation	103	(18)
Dianne Bergant
Wisdom on Death and Suffering	121	(14)
John Goldingay
It Takes Wisdom to Use Wisdom Wisely	135	(18)
Robert K. Johnston
Part II: The Science of Wisdom
Wisdom Traditions as Mechanisms for Organismal Integration: Evolutionary Perspectives on Homeostatic ``Laws of Life''	153	(40)
Jeffrey P. Schloss
Wisdom and Human Neurocognitive Systems: Perceiving and Practicing the Laws of Life	193	(22)
Warren S. Brown
A Neurolinguistic Perspective on Proverbs and the Laws of Life	215	(30)
Diana R. Van Lancker
On the Emergence of Wisdom: Expertise Development	245	(32)
John L. Horn
Hiromi Masunaga
The Science of Art: How the Brain Responds to Beauty	277	(30)
V.S. Ramachandran
A Scientific Study of Wisdom (Or Its Contributing Parts)	307	(12)
Warren S. Brown
Part III: The Learning of Wisdom
Wise Emotions	319	(20)
Nancy Sherman
Setting the Stage for the Development of Wisdom: Self-understanding and Moral Identity During Adolescence	339	(22)
William Damon
Lessons Learned: The Role of Religion in the Development of Wisdom in Adolescence	361	(32)
James L. Furrow
Linda Mans Wagener
Maxims to Live By: The Art and Science of Teaching Wise Sayings	393	(20)
Arthur J. Schwartz
F. Clark Power
Seeing Wisely---Learning to Become Wise	413	(12)
Lawrence M. Hinman
Contributors	425	(4)
Name and Subject Index	429	(14)
Scripture Index	443