The two faces of wisdom: Wisdom as a general theory of knowledge and judgment about excellence in mind and virtue vs. wisdom as everyday realization in people and products

Human Development

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 290-299

  Baltes, Paul B ^a   Kunzmann, Ute ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human rationality; Mind; Sages; Virtue; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 10844223488     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079156     Document Type: Review

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