Single Idea 19694

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People]

Full Idea

Zagzebski takes wisdom as literally properties of persons, not persons' cognitive states.

Gist of Idea

Wisdom is the property of a person, not of their cognitive state

Source

report of Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski (Virtues of the Mind [1996], p.59-60) by Dennis Whitcomb - Wisdom 'Twofold'

Book Reference

'Routledge Companion to Epistemology', ed/tr. Bernecker,S/Pritchard,D [Routledge 2014], p.100


A Reaction

Not sure about this. Zagzebski uses this idea to endorse epistemic virtue. But knowledge and ignorance are properties of persons too. There can be, though, a precise mental state involved in knowledge, but not in wisdom.