[2024] Phronesis and Emotion: The Skill Model of Wisdom Developed
Phronesis and Emotion: The Skill Model of Wisdom Developed
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Topoi-An International Review of Philosophy, 43(3), 1011-1019. (A&HCI)
This paper further develops the model of wisdom I constructed in Wisdom: A Skill Theory (Cambridge UP). More specifically, it takes the "emotional revolution" seriously by examining the role of emotion in wisdom and seeking to clarify the complex relationship between the two. I propose and develop a skill account of the emotions of the wise as a supplement to the skill model of wisdom. On the critical side, the study argues that having emotions and emotional competence as components is not essential to wisdom. On the constructive side, it introduces the skill account of the emotions of the wise, which suggests that a wise person feels an emotion E if and only if E is strategically rational for the wise person.