<i>Phronesis</i>(Practical Wisdom) as a Type of Contextual Integrative Thinking

Coinciding with the recent psychological attention paid to broad topic of wisdom, interest in intellectual virtue phronesis or practical wisdom has been burgeoning within pockets psychology, philosophy, professional ethics, and education. However, these discourses are undercut by frequently unrecognized tensions, lacunae, ambivalences, misapplications, paradoxes. While a attempt at conceptualizing construct for purpose measurement offers promise, little is known about how develops psychologically, what motivates it, it can be cultivated. Many psychologists aspire make sense wise thinking without contextual, affective, holistic/integrative resources phronesis. This article explores some such attempts, particular, new “common model” wisdom. We argue incremental value beyond available accounts because explains mature decision-making motivated shaped substantive moral aspirations cognitively guided emotions. go on that, context bridging gap between knowledge action, carries more motivational potency than model.” The construct, thus, embodies unique features that studying ignore their peril.