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Wisdom in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy

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[New Entry by Shane Ryan and Sharon Ryan on July 2, 2026.]
What is wisdom? Despite receiving less attention than other epistemic goods in contemporary analytic epistemology, wisdom is affirmed by philosophers across different traditions and cultures as the highest epistemic good. Such philosophers include the Christian thinkers Boethius and Anselm, the Muslim thinkers Avicenna and Averroes, and the Jewish philosopher Maimonides (O'Grady 2019: 416). This entry provides a general overview of the

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