This is an association of people sympathetic to the idea that academic inquiry should help humanity acquire more wisdom by rational means. Wisdom is taken to be the capacity to realize what is of value in life, for oneself and others. It includes knowledge, understanding and technological know-how, and much else besides. Friends of Wisdom try to encourage universities and schools actively to seek and promote wisdom by educational and intellectual means. At present, Friends of Wisdom communicate with one another in the main by email (JISCMAIL). If you wish to join, click HERE, and then click on "join or leave the list", or email: nick [at] knowledgetowisdom.org See Friends of Wisdom Website: www.knowledgetowisdom.org
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Is Science
Neurotic?
This contains information about my recent book.
Knowlege to Wisdom
This is the website of Friends of Wisdom. It sets out the case for
transforming academic inquiry so that it takes up the task of seeking
and promoting wisdom, and will shortly carry information about individuals
and groups contributing to wisdom-inquiry, in one way or another.
PhilPapers
This site includes online copies of many of my articles.
PhilSci Archive
This site includes a number of my articles, along with articles by
a number of other philosophers of science.
From Knowledge to Wisdom, 2nd Edition
Pentire Press website with information about this second edition, to be published in November 2007
How to Think About Science
An interview on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Ideas Programme about my work.
Radio Interview about From Knowledge to Wisdom
Interview on Californian Radio Programme "Weekly Signals" in which I expound the basic argument of the book.
Knowledge to Wisdom
The Preface to the 2nd edition of From Knowledge
to Wisdom can be found at this site.
The Wisdom Page
This has a great deal of fascinating information about books,
on-line texts, organizations and groups concerned with aspects of wisdom, including a podcast of me expounding my ideas (go to the bottom of the page, episode 6).
Wikipedia entry for Nicholas Maxwell This provides an outline of my work.
The Philosophy Site
of Rafe Champion
This has essays and reviews by Rafe Champion, inspired by Karl Popper
and others. Four of my articles are to be found here: Click "Guest
Room" and there are three papers; "Do We Need an Academic Revolution"
(summary of my argument), and two papers arguing that aim-oriented empiricism
is an improvement over the views of Popper, Kuhn and Lakatos: "A
Mug's Game", and "Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos and Aim-Oriented Empiricism".
Click "Forum" and a number of papers come up that were given
at a Popper conference in Vienna in 2002. One is by me. It is called "The
Enlightenment Programme and Karl Popper". It sets out the basic argument
for wisdom-inquiry in a way which makes clear that it improves on Karl
Popper, in turn an improvement of the 18th century Enlightenment Programme.
The Karl Popper Web
This web site, edited by Dr. Ray Scott Percival, contains a great
deal of information about Karl Popper, his life and books, conferences,
journals and discussion groups devoted to his work, and philosophers interested
in his work.
Pentire Press
Information about second editions of From Knowledge to Wisdom and What's Wrong With Science?, both published by Pentire Press.
Philosophy of
Science Resources
This site contains a wealth of information about philosophy of science.
Scientists for Global Responsibility
(SGR)
This promotes ethical science and technology - based on the principles
of openness, accountability, peace, social justice, and environmental
sustainability. Their work involves research, education, lobbying and
providing a support network for ethically-concerned scientists. SGR is
an independent UK-based membership organisation with around 600 scientist
members.
Friends of the Earth
This is the site of the campaigning organization, on which "Friends
of Wisdom" is modelled.
EpistemeLinks.com
This includes over 15,000 categorized links to philosophy resources on
the internet.
Philosophy Research Base erratic
impact.com
This is categorized by history, subject and author. Integrating text
resources with the best online resources, this study guide attempts to
aid both academic and general interest in all philosophical genres and
their related fields.
The Proceedings of the Friesian
School
This contains essays that seek to promote critical philosophy in the
tradition of Kant, Fries, Schopenhauer, Nelson and Popper.
The Wisdom Institute
This "supports the development of wisdom in people, organizations,
and communities through education, research and consultation". The
director is Dr. Carrie Bassett.
Teaching for Wisdom
Details about a Conference on "Teaching for Wisdom",
held on the 19-20 February 2004 at Bloomington, Minnesota, USA, are to
be found at this Website of "The Collaboration for the Advancement
of College Teaching and Learning".
Science,
Philosophy, and History and Philosophy of Science Links
Contains a great number of links.
Ephilosopher
This is a site devoted to topics of philosophical interest, including
issues in ethics, epistemology, logic, metaphysics, law, politics, science,
technology, art, and life in general.
Tyndall Centre for
Climate Change Research
Leading interdisciplinary Centre, based in the UK, engaged
in research into sustainable responses to climate change.
The Royal Society
The world's first scientific organization.
University College London: Grand Challenges
Gives an account of what UCL is doing to help us tackle global problems more intelligently, effectively and humanely, thus helping us make progress towards a better world. The beginnings of wisdom-inquiry.
Transformational
thinking
Thinking philosophy for personal and business development.
