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Everything about Phronesis
Ancient Greek word for a type of wisdom or intelligence
In ancient Greek philosophy, phronesis refers to the type of wisdom or intelligence concerned with practical action. It implies good judgment and excellence of character and habits. In Aristotelian ethics, the concept is distinguished from other words for wisdom and intellectual virtues because of its practical character. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PhronesisA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A multifunction approach to assessing Aristotelian phronesis (practical wisdom)Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Aristotle and the Problem of Moral Discernment (European University Studies)The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Strategic management as distributed practical wisdom (phronesis)Cited 239 times
- Go sideways: Aristotelian ethicsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Virtue ethicsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The virtue of "practical wisdom" as posited by Aristotle.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Strategic management as distributed practical wisdom (phronesis)
Doing Case Study: Abduction Not Induction, Phronesis Not Theory
Phronesis and the Knowledge-Action Gap in Moral Psychology and Moral Education: A New Synthesis?
From episteme to phronesis to artistry in the study and improvement of teaching
Making the Business School More ‘Critical’: Reflexive Critique Based on Phronesis as a Foundation for Impact
In Search ofPhronesis: Leadership and the Art of Judgment
Phronesis (Practical Wisdom) as a Type of Contextual Integrative Thinking
Performing phronesis : On the way to engaged judgment
🆕 Influential since 2022
A multifunction approach to assessing Aristotelian phronesis (practical wisdom)
Phronesis as moral decathlon: contesting the redundancy thesis about phronesis
Aristotelian Practical Wisdom (Phronesis) as the Key to Professional Ethics in Teaching
Discovering clinical phronesis
Teaching phronesis in a research integrity course
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Aristotle and the Problem of Moral Discernment (European University Studies)Paul Schuchman · 1980
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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