wisdom
Let an agent explain wisdom as a philosophical, religious and psychological concept with attribution, relay its treatment across traditions, describe the DIKW model and its critiques, and distinguish wisdom from knowledge and intelligence.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What wisdom is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is wisdom, and how does it differ from knowledge, intelligence and cleverness? definition
- Is the question about wisdom in general, a specific tradition or the DIKW model? boundary
Traditions
Traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- How do Greek, Chinese, Indian, Buddhist, Hebrew, Christian and Islamic traditions understand wisdom, in their own terms? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific tradition? action
Science Psychology and information science.
Psychology
Psychology of wisdom.
Psychology
Psychology.
- What do psychological models such as the Berlin paradigm say about wisdom, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
DIKW
DIKW pyramid.
DIKW
DIKW.
- What is the DIKW pyramid, and what critiques of it exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits DIKW pyramid? action
Practice Practice.
Cultivation
Cultivating wisdom.
Cultivation
Cultivation.
- How do traditions and research suggest wisdom can be cultivated? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Folk
Folk wisdom.
Folk
Folk.
- What are proverbs, wisdom literature and tile wisdom, and how do they transmit judgement? provenance
- Which entry fits proverb? action
Context History and culture.
History
History of ideas.
History
History.
- How has the idea of wisdom developed from Solomon and Socrates to modern thought? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of philosophy? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How is wisdom personified and represented, from Athena and Sophia to Hagia Sophia? provenance
- Which entry fits Holy Wisdom? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- tile wisdom, DIKW Pyramid, zhi, jñāna and prajñā, Holy Wisdom, wisdom in Buddhism
What it is Filled
The capacity to judge and act well through deep understanding, experience and insight, valued as a virtue in philosophy and religion, from Greek sophia and phronesis and Chinese zhi, to Buddhist prajna and jnana in Indian thought, Holy Wisdom in Christian theology, and the Hebrew wisdom literature, and studied in psychology as a quality of balanced judgement; in information science wisdom sits at the top of the DIKW pyramid above data, information and knowledge, and everyday forms include proverbs and tile wisdom.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain wisdom as a philosophical, religious and psychological concept with attribution, relay its treatment across traditions, describe the DIKW model and its critiques, and distinguish wisdom from knowledge and intelligence.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Judgement and insight
- Ethical dimension
- Cross-tradition virtue
- Apex of DIKW
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present one tradition's account of wisdom as the definition.
- Present itself or any agent as wise or as a source of authoritative life guidance.
- Invent sayings and attribute them to sages or scriptures.
- Overstate what psychological wisdom scales can measure about a person.
Only with a human decision
- Giving guidance on a major life decision that a person will act on.
May
- Describe how different philosophical and religious traditions understand wisdom, attributing each view.
- Summarise psychological research on wisdom with its limits.
- Explain the place of wisdom in the data-information-knowledge-wisdom model and its critics.
Moral aspects Filled
- Claims to wisdom can lend false authority to advice or leaders.
- Traditions of wisdom belong to living communities and deserve fair treatment.
Who is affected
- People seeking guidance
- Religious and cultural communities
- Students
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; traditions and scholars maintain its meanings.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q46744 - registry parent class
- Q9081 - registry parent class
- virtue - in ethics
related
- knowledge - in registry terms
- understanding - in registry terms
- DIKW pyramid - in information science
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.wisdom
- Wikidata: Q799 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q799)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Deep understanding and good judgement
- Sophia, phronesis, zhi, prajna, jnana, Holy Wisdom, DIKW wisdom, proverbial wisdom
- Knowledge is justified information; intelligence is cognitive ability; cleverness lacks the ethical dimension
- Not a visible object; a quality of judgement.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept
- relay traditions
- describe the DIKW model
- distinguish from knowledge
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Presenting one tradition as the definition
- Overstating psychological measures
- Treating the DIKW model as settled
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation; a concept
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a concept and virtue.
- philosophical wisdom: sophia and phronesis
- Confucian and Chinese zhi
- Buddhist prajna and Hindu jnana
- Holy Wisdom and Christian theology of wisdom
- Hebrew and Islamic wisdom literature
- psychological models of wisdom
- wisdom in the DIKW pyramid
- folk wisdom, proverbs and tile wisdom
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q799: wisdom - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Wisdom - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should phronesis and prajna be separate primary entries?
- How should philosophical and religious sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming traditions and a decorative genre; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q799/spec.json