Wise decisions are good decisions. But how does empirical psychology actually study rational and good decisions? How do its theories capture the complexity and uncertainties of human action?

Guest: Ralph Hertwig

Guide: Eliane Schmider

In view of the historical and systematic diversity of wisdom traditions, Aleida Assmann has tried to make the points of the compass of wisdom understandings clearer with the help of a compass.

Guest: Aleida Assmann

Guide: Frederike Maas

In the wisdom traditions, the individual is considered wise, while the group tends to be a source of irrationality. Under certain circumstances, however, the combined judgment of a crowd may exceed that of a single person, no matter how wise. This phenomenon is called “Wisdom of the Crowd.”

Guest: Ralph Hertwig

Guide: Eliane Schmid

Co-Guide: Michael Hampe

“To his own the Lord giveth in sleep” What do we get in sleep? And why should sleep itself be a gift? Is it because we forget our troubles while we sleep? Or is there more to it than that? If it is part of wisdom that we detach ourselves from life worries, then sleep seems to be very helpful in this regard.

Gast: Alexander Borbély

Guide: Anna Morawietz