eprintid: 19786
rev_number: 38
eprint_status: archive
userid: 2131
dir: disk0/00/01/97/86
datestamp: 2015-11-30 12:26:28
lastmod: 2017-07-07 11:41:59
status_changed: 2015-11-30 12:26:28
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Fischer, Andreas
title: Wisdom - the answer to all the questions really worth asking
title_de: Weisheit - die Antwort auf alle Fragen, die es wirklich wert sind, gefragt zu werden
subjects: 100
divisions: 100200
cterms_swd: Wisdom
abstract: Wisdom is an ancient concept with close conceptual relations to human goals, means and problem solving.
However, in the recent scientific discourse there has been some confusion about the meaning of "wisdom". In this
paper the most prominent definitions are contrasted with each other and a new reading is proposed: Based on an
extensive literature review it is proposed that "wisdom" is explanatory knowledge of the fundamental truths in the
domain of living well – an orienting knowledge about what is good and right. It is demonstrated that deviations of
modern philosophic definitions from this view can be traced back to slight misconceptions of traditional views.
Further, in this paper the content of wisdom is specified in more detail as a set of propositions that were (a)
claimed by wise men from different cultures and (b) bolstered by empirical psychological research.
date: 2015-09-26
publisher: Center for Promoting Ideas
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00019786
ppn_swb: 1653514124
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-197863
language: eng
bibsort: FISCHERANDWISDOMTHEA20150926
full_text_status: public
publication: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science
volume: 5
number: 9
place_of_pub: USA 
pagerange: 73-83
issn: 2221-0989
citation:   Fischer, Andreas  (2015) Wisdom - the answer to all the questions really worth asking.  International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 5 (9).  pp. 73-83.  ISSN 2221-0989     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/19786/1/7b.pdf