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Full Idea
Intuitively, understanding is more valuable than knowledge and wisdom is more valuable than understanding.
Gist of Idea
Wisdom has a higher value than understanding, which has a higher value than knowledge
Source
John Greco (The Value Problem [2011], 'Knowledge')
Book Ref
'Routledge Companion to Epistemology', ed/tr. Bernecker,S/Pritchard,D [Routledge 2014], p.225
A Reaction
Down at the bottom is having an 'inkling' of something, I presume. Not convinced of this. I would rate understanding above knowledge, but wisdom seems rather different. It implies a breadth that does not focus on any particular topic.
19734 | If value is practical, knowledge is no better than true opinion [Greco] |
19733 | Externalist theories don't explain why knowledge has value [Greco] |
19735 | Wisdom has a higher value than understanding, which has a higher value than knowledge [Greco] |