Our Mission
Deepen 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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Empathy in Medicine
What it is, and how much we really need itby Jean Decety
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Wisdom and compassion
A new perspective on the science of relationshipsby Paul Condon, John Dunne, & Christine Wilson-Mendenhall
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The fundamental role of storytelling and practical wisdom
in facilitating the ethics education of junior doctorsby Alexis Paton & Ben Kotzee
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Profession wisdom
Functions and processes of psychotherapeutic and judicial wisdomby Heidi M. Levitt & Lauren M. Grabowski
