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chapter 4.6 - Coggle Diagram
chapter 4.6
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However, just because we cannot be certain does not mean that all opinions carry the same weight.
We need to consider opinions that are informed, make sense, and are insightful.
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We cannot give a number or amount as to how much justification or evidence is needed to make something true, this is a matter of each persons judgement.
Every situation we face is different and unique so we need to use our judgement when we look at our world.
Unfortunately good judgement cannot be learned from books but only from experience and what happens to us in the world.
This might be why older people are considered wise - they have more experience and thus have better judgement.
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The world is growing and changing each day and thus there are more and more areas of knowledge being developed daily.
In order to succeed in this world a person needs to become specialised, but when you are too specialised then you are seen as not knowledgeable in the world because you only see one aspect of it.
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To understand the world it makes sense to take it apart and study its tiny pieces, this is why we have knowledge divided into different subjects.
However, at some point we have to look at all the pieces at once and make sense of the world as a whole.
It is important to have depth of knowledge but also breadth of knowledge to make sense of the whole.
In order to tackle world issue we do not only need specialists who have studied those specific issues to the highest degree, we also need wisdom from other areas in order to solve issues.
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There are 5 key features of wisdom: good judgement, breadth of perspective, self - knowledge, ethical responsibility and intellectual humility.