Maxwell, N;
(2007)
From Knowledge to Wisdom: The Need for an Academic Revolution.
London Review of Education
, 5
(2)
pp. 97-115.
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Abstract
At present the basic intellectual aim of academic inquiry is to improve knowledge. Much of the structure, the whole character, of academic inquiry, in universities all over the world, is shaped by the adoption of this as the basic intellectual aim. But, judged from the standpoint of making a contribution to human welfare, academic inquiry of this type is damagingly irrational. Three of four of the most elementary rules of rational problem-solving are violated. A revolution in the aims and methods of academic inquiry is needed so that the basic aim becomes to promote wisdom, conceived of as the capacity to realize what is of value, for oneself and others, thus including knowledge and technological know-how, but much else besides. This urgently needed revolution would affect every branch and aspect of the academic enterprise.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | From Knowledge to Wisdom: The Need for an Academic Revolution |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Keywords: | Intellectual revolution, academic inquiry, knowledge, wisdom, reason, human welfare, natural science, social science, social inquiry, methodology, problems of living, value. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/16142 |
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