On Mar 30, 2019, at 7:05 AM, Nicoló Gaj <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear all,

it sounds promising, as knowledge becomes more and more specialized and we risks to loose the big picture and the connected nature of human and natural events.

I think the blog is particularly important in that opens up the possibility to challenge the "naturalistic turn" social and human sciences seem to have endorsed, in the hope to be as credible as the natural sciences. We need a frame to ground the autonomy of human sciences.

I'm really looking forward to see some of you in Harrisonburg!

Bye,

Nicolò

Il giorno lun 25 mar 2019 alle ore 13:58 Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask]> ha scritto:

Dear TOK Society Members,

 

  I am pleased to share with you a blog the TOK Executive Committee (i.e., Edward Kroger, Joe Michalski, Steve Quackenbush, Waldemar Schmidt and myself) published this morning, titled Toward an Age of Clarity: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/201903/toward-the-age-clarity

 

Please check it out and share as broadly as possible. We think this is an important message to disseminate and get people talking about. Here is the “preface”:

 

In an ideologically-fractured culture, it is all-too-easy to lose sight of our common humanity. While there are many reasons for our collective failure to achieve consensus in the spheres of ethics and politics, we believe that our current spiritual malaise reflects, at least in part, a breakdown in our very capacity to share wisdom. As such, we believe it is important to find ways to communicate that free us from unnecessary confusions and allow bridges to be built between refined knowledge systems and fundamental common-sense propositions. In short, if our society is to move from confusion to clarity, wisdom must be consolidated and shared in a way that fosters understanding and collective well-being.  

 

Would love to hear reactions or thoughts or hopes if people have them.

Best,

Gregg

 

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Gregg Henriques, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Graduate Psychology
216 Johnston Hall
MSC 7401
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
(540) 568-7857 (phone)
(540) 568-4747 (fax)

Be that which enhances dignity and well-being with integrity.

Check out my Theory of Knowledge blog at Psychology Today at:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/theory-knowledge

 

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