Our Mission
Deeper our scientific understanding of wisdom and its role in the decisions and choices that affect everyday life
Connect scientists, scholars, educators, and students to initiate wisdom research & disseminate findings to the public
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The Center for Practical Wisdom is directly affiliated with the
Division of Social Sciences
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We want to understand how an individual develops wisdom and the circumstances and situations in which people are most likely to make wise decisions. We hope that, by deepening our scientific understanding of wisdom, we will also begin to understand how to gain, reinforce, and apply wisdom and, in turn, become wiser as a society.
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Highlighted Publications
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The Breakdown of Civic Virtues and the Problem of Hate Speech
Is There Wisdom in Freedom of Speech?by Howard C. Nusbaum
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The Cambridge Handbook of Wisdom
Edited by Robert J. Sternberg & Judith Glück
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The Emerging Empirical Science of Wisdom
Definition, measurement, neurobiology, longevity, and interventionsby Dilip V. Jeste & Ellen E. Lee
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Fostering Wisdom in the Classroom, Part 1
A General Theory of Wisdom Pedagogyby Brian Bruya & Monika Ardelt
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Wisdom
Its Nature, Origins, and DevelopmentEdited by Robert J. Sternberg
