Key points

Wisdom is a higher-order cognitive process—metacognitive in many ways.

If one has factual knowledge and good logic, the application of both in tandem will yield "common sense."

Perhaps epistemological understanding is the key feature that links wisdom and critical thinking.

I don’t know about you, but I recall always being told, growing up, about the importance of wisdom —as some kind of life-learning objective, as if it were the pinnacle of cognitive development. There’s not really a time that I can remember not being aware, to some extent, of wisdom as an existing concept. However, despite decades of being aware of the concept, I also recall never being given a good definition of it—at least one that was provided on a consistent basis.

Consider for a moment what you thi

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