ABSTRACT
To address difficulties arising from the diversity of wisdom research, we first argue for the importance of a theoretical analysis of the ontological underpinnings of wisdom research and then outline the premises of our study. Our approach builds on previous critical discussion of the lack of theoretical and conceptual coherence in former studies (e.g., Kristjánsson et al., 2021; Kekes, 2020). Despite these critical voices, growing attention has been given to psychometric validation of models and their measures and correlates (e.g., Glück & Weststrate, 2022). As a response, we want to highlight, from a totally new viewpoint, the essential importance of carefully conceptualizing wisdom.
