Wisdom is always a hard concept to put into words. But you've done a great job here! It does seem that you are mapping the values of wisdom to the values of the right hemisphere of the brain, which Iain McGilchrist suggests a desire to comprehend the world (com-prehending, from Latin cum + prehendere, to hold together – understanding). Given all this, the next question is, how do you motivate others towards wisdom? I tried to answer that question here: https://ministory.co.uk/beginners-guide/
Firstly, the work you reference here looks fantastic. I'll find time to dive a bit deeper.
I think you are right, in that wisdom is far more about com-prehension than app-rehension (to draw on McGilchrist again).
Lots more could be said about all this of course.
Re motivating, this is tough. In the BS literature (not bull shit, but behavioural science lol), motivation is seen as pretty dodgy given how unreliable it is. I'm not saying I fully agree with this, because there are lots of sociohistorical underpinnings, grounding assumptions etc. But it, in my experience, ain't entirely wrong. As a result, I think there's a kind of BJ Fogg like approach here (B = MAP), where the target behaviour (something like the commitment to engage in the process of knowing, deeply caring for and living in close relation to what truly matters) is achieved by enhancing Ability (uplift skills, decrease difficulty). This is where something like the frame of Vervaeke's when he describes 'an ecology of practices' feels so relevant. By this I mean, we find ways to truly invite participation into shared practices. My sense here is that, by consistently engaging in various practices, it's likely that the mindset, world view and perhaps intrinsic motivation might start to shift.
There are of course other ways, like 'sudden awakenings' and what not. But I think the invitation to an ecology pf practices that both up-skill us, and decrease the overall difficulty of the process (as defined above), combined with useful and thoughtful and caring accountability structures (which can help cover the P in the formula above. P means prompt), might be part of the living process of answering the question; how might we motivate others towards wisdom?
Very loose answer for now. Hopefully good enough as additional food for thought.
Wisdom is always a hard concept to put into words. But you've done a great job here! It does seem that you are mapping the values of wisdom to the values of the right hemisphere of the brain, which Iain McGilchrist suggests a desire to comprehend the world (com-prehending, from Latin cum + prehendere, to hold together – understanding). Given all this, the next question is, how do you motivate others towards wisdom? I tried to answer that question here: https://ministory.co.uk/beginners-guide/
Firstly, the work you reference here looks fantastic. I'll find time to dive a bit deeper.
I think you are right, in that wisdom is far more about com-prehension than app-rehension (to draw on McGilchrist again).
Lots more could be said about all this of course.
Re motivating, this is tough. In the BS literature (not bull shit, but behavioural science lol), motivation is seen as pretty dodgy given how unreliable it is. I'm not saying I fully agree with this, because there are lots of sociohistorical underpinnings, grounding assumptions etc. But it, in my experience, ain't entirely wrong. As a result, I think there's a kind of BJ Fogg like approach here (B = MAP), where the target behaviour (something like the commitment to engage in the process of knowing, deeply caring for and living in close relation to what truly matters) is achieved by enhancing Ability (uplift skills, decrease difficulty). This is where something like the frame of Vervaeke's when he describes 'an ecology of practices' feels so relevant. By this I mean, we find ways to truly invite participation into shared practices. My sense here is that, by consistently engaging in various practices, it's likely that the mindset, world view and perhaps intrinsic motivation might start to shift.
There are of course other ways, like 'sudden awakenings' and what not. But I think the invitation to an ecology pf practices that both up-skill us, and decrease the overall difficulty of the process (as defined above), combined with useful and thoughtful and caring accountability structures (which can help cover the P in the formula above. P means prompt), might be part of the living process of answering the question; how might we motivate others towards wisdom?
Very loose answer for now. Hopefully good enough as additional food for thought.