Understanding Wisdom

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

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

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