In\nthe History and Philosophy of Science\, it has become the consensus\nview that values play a constitutive role in scientific practice.\nHowever\, relatively little attention has been paid to the\nconsequences of this conclusion: that the values that scientists\, as\nindividuals\, bring to bear on their work is of paramount importance.\nIn short\, the wisdom of scientists matters. This conference seeks to\nput this fact in its historical and philosophical context\, exploring\npast and present attitudes towards the relationship between\nscientific practice and what could broadly be called wisdom. Wisdom\nis a multifaceted concept\, including the ability to know what is\nimportant\, the skillful appreciation of how things in general hang\ntogether\, and the deep \;insight\nwhich can result from a lifetime of exploring nature's depths.\nExamples of how wisdom\, or a lack thereof\, have played a role in\nscience abound\, including the illuminating critiques of feminisms\,\nthe constitutive role religious values have played in the history of\nnatural science\, and reflections on scientists as public advocates\nfor environmental responsibility. \;
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