Every time I utter the word " wisdom," someone giggles or sneers. Wisdom, more so even than expertise, does not sit comfortably in a democratic, anti-elitist society. In an age dominated by science ...

I don’t know about you, but I recall always being told, growing up, about the importance of wisdom—as some kind of life-learning objective, as if it were the pinnacle of cognitive development. There’s ...

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Transcendent leadership—the kind of leadership that rises to new, unprecedented challenges and brings out the best in ...

"What is wisdom?" wonders Christine Whelan at In Character. She explores research conducted by Dilip Jeste and Thomas Meeks, psychiatrists at the University of California, San Diego. Apparently, they ...

Igor Grossmann receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Insight Grant 435-2014-0685), John Templeton Foundation (grant 62260), and Templeton World Charity ...