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Ardelt, Monika – Human Development, 2004
Paul B. Baltes and his colleagues, who are among the most prominent contemporary wisdom researchers, define wisdom as "expert knowledge in the domain fundamental pragmatics of life." By contrast, this article argues that the definition, operationalization, and measurement of wisdom should not be reduced to expertise and that the term wisdom should…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Pragmatics, Cognitive Processes