The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Lack of wisdom system

Name(s):

Lack of a system of integration of knowledge

Lack of a comprehensive framework for understanding knowledge

Lack of unifying ideas

Nature

Present-day knowledge consists of a fragmented collection of isolated data and insights. The lack of a unifying system holding together the various disciplines and arenas is at the root of the unrelatedness of human wisdom to the rest of the social process. Individuals are overwhelmed and frustrated by being constantly inundated with great quantities of data which they have no way of retaining or relating.

Claim

The intellectual nature of the human person is perfected by wisdom and needs to be, for wisdom gently attracts the mind of man to a quest and a love for what is true and good. Steeped in wisdom, man passes through visible realities to those which are unseen. Our era needs such wisdom more than bygone ages if the discoveries made by man are to be further humanized. For the future of the world stands in peril unless wiser men are forthcoming. It should also be pointed out that many nations, poorer in economic goods, are quite rich in wisdom and can offer noteworthy advantages to others. (Second Vatican Council. Gaudium et Spes, 1965).

Broader

Human wisdom considered unrelated to daily life

Narrower

Fragmentation of knowledge

Expertise unconstrained by wisdom

Aggravates

Failure to profit from patterns of history ^{[in 2 loops]}

Failure to integrate knowledge to empower humanity in response to the global problematique ^{[in 1 loop]}

Aggravated by

Value(s)

Reference(s)

Second Vatican Council: Gaudium et Spes: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

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