Maxwell, N;
(2018)
The Urgent Need for an Academic Revolution.
[Digital scholarly resource].
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/from-knowledge-to-wisdom/
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Abstract
The crisis of our times is that we have science without wisdom. This is the crisis behind all the others. In order to solve this crisis, and make progress towards a better world we need to learn how to do it. That requires that our institutions of learning are rationally designed and devoted to the job. At present they are not. Having universities devoted almost exclusively to the pursuit of knowledge is a recipe for disaster. We need urgently to bring about a revolution in universities around the world so that their basic aim becomes to promote wisdom, and not just acquire knowledge
| Type: | Digital scholarly resource |
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| Title: | The Urgent Need for an Academic Revolution |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/from-knowledge-to-wisdom/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Academic inquiry, Knowledge-Inquiry, Wisdom-inquiry, Aims of inquiry, Academic revolution, Global problems, Climate change |
| 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-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10073292 |
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