Is knowledge a prerequisite to wisdom?

TiredThinker August 20, 2022 at 22:16 3075 views 13 comments
Is knowledge needed on a subject to be wise about it, or are there other forms of wisdom?

Comments (13)

180 Proof August 20, 2022 at 23:12 #731307
Reply to TiredThinker What do you mean by "knowledge"?
Kuro August 21, 2022 at 04:02 #731385
I understand wisdom as an agential notion- i.e. a notion primarily with respect to your know-how and decisions rather than your know-whats & beliefs.
TiredThinker August 21, 2022 at 06:03 #731401
Reply to 180 Proof

I suppose I mean acquired understanding of the nature of something that predictions are possible.
Agent Smith August 21, 2022 at 06:11 #731406
Partly, the justification bit, yes!
TiredThinker August 21, 2022 at 17:35 #731574
Reply to Agent Smith

How do you mean?
180 Proof August 21, 2022 at 18:30 #731591
Reply to Kuro :up:
TiredThinker August 21, 2022 at 20:54 #731633
A friend of mine who is into some more esoteric stuff says one should rely more on wisdom without knowledge as if they need not be connected.
180 Proof August 22, 2022 at 00:32 #731695
Quoting TiredThinker
wisdom without knowledge

I.e. elderly with dementia.
Agent Smith August 22, 2022 at 01:10 #731709
Quoting TiredThinker
How do you mean?


Logic/Rationality/Reason is the heart/nub/crux of wisdom.
Yohan September 12, 2022 at 20:55 #738768
Quoting Agent Smith
Logic/Rationality/Reason is the heart/nub/crux of wisdom.

Thats what the logicians and rationalists want you to think. If that were true, then the nerds, dorks, and eggheads would have street smarts, am I wrong? Just being devils advocate.
Agent Smith September 13, 2022 at 02:37 #738853
Quoting Yohan
Thats what the logicians and rationalists want you to think. If that were true, then the nerds, dorks, and eggheads would have street smarts, am I wrong? Just being devils advocate


Don't blame the tool, si? :chin:
Yohan September 13, 2022 at 09:58 #738964
Quoting Agent Smith
Don't blame the tool, si?

True. But then the KEY to wisdom cannot be the same key to foolishness, can it?
Rationality leads to technical truths which can be used for good or ill. Technical truth is not wisdom.
Agent Smith September 13, 2022 at 10:03 #738965
Quoting Yohan
True. But then the KEY to wisdom cannot be the same key to foolishness, can it?
Rationality leads to technical truths which can be used for good or ill. Technical truth is not wisdom.


Maybe the secret is in the way we use it, whatever it is. There's a reason why one of the greatest philosophies to come out of the East is all about the Tao (translated as "way" by some but not all). Rejecting it can mean the difference between pain and a whole lotta pain. :snicker: