What do you mean by "knowledge"?

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.

I suppose I mean acquired understanding of the nature of something that predictions are possible.

Partly, the justification bit, yes!

How do you mean?

:up:

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.

wisdom without knowledge — TiredThinker

I.e. elderly with dementia.

How do you mean? — TiredThinker

Logic/Rationality/Reason is the heart/nub/crux of wisdom.

Logic/Rationality/Reason is the heart/nub/crux of wisdom. — Agent Smith

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.

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 — Yohan

Don't blame the tool, si? :chin:

Don't blame the tool, si? — Agent Smith

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.

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. — Yohan

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: