From wisdom-related knowledge to wise acts : refashioning the concept of wisdom to improve our chances of becoming wiser

Numerous authors have argued that the world needs wisdom, but after decades of scholarship the concept remains unclear. The research challenge is that wisdom is a premodern notion (folksy, religious) relying largely on the tools of modernity (definition, measurement) to find a place in the postmoder...

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Main Author: Rowson, Jonathan
Published: University of Bristol 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.659116