Happiness—A Science of the Mind

Modernity is now a global phenomenon, and Dr. Wallace finds it embarrassing how parochial the West can be. Fundamentalism infects philosophers and scientists (their detractors call them advocates of scientism) as it does religion. The common denominator of this fundamentalism is also modern: rigidity and outward orientation; and, in the case of science, hostility to the introspection championed by William James, one of the great pioneers of Western psychology.
“Balance” is key, Dr. Wallace reiterates.