Wisdom

Reg Naulty considers a book spanning philosophy and neuroscience

by Reg Naulty 27th July 2012

Is there any real place for wisdom in our frenetic, postmodern, quasi-apocalyptic, multi-tasking, dual- income, economically challenging world? This is one of the questions Stephen S Hall asks in Wisdom: From Philosophy to Neuroscience. He maintains that among ordinary people there is a hunger for any excuse to raise their game and reclaim a better self.