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- abbreviation
West Fork (of a river or creek)
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Examples
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One might argue that (WFK), the view that a wise person has extensive factual knowledge, was rejected only because it did not provide sufficient conditions for wisdom.
Wisdom Ryan, Sharon 2007
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A criticism of (KLS) is that one might think that all the factual knowledge required by (WFK) is missing from this theory.
Wisdom Ryan, Sharon 2007
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According to (WFK), a wise person is a person who knows a lot about the Universe and our place in it, for example.
Wisdom Ryan, Sharon 2007
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However, rather than making improvements to something like (WFK), Aristotle distinguishes it as one kind of wisdom.
Wisdom Ryan, Sharon 2007
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(WFK) nicely distinguishes between mere expertise and knowledge of the mundane from the important, broad, and general kind of knowledge had by wise people.
Wisdom Ryan, Sharon 2007
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There are many positive things to say about (WFK).
Wisdom Ryan, Sharon 2007
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The main problem for (WFK) is that some of the most knowledgeable people are not wise.
Wisdom Ryan, Sharon 2007
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Many philosophers would claim that (WFK) does provide a necessary condition for wisdom.
Wisdom Ryan, Sharon 2007
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Other philosophers would be willing to abandon (WFK), as is, claim that it provides insufficient conditions for wisdom, and add on what is missing.
Wisdom Ryan, Sharon 2007
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I quickly grabbed WFK off the ground and pulled his head so that we were face to face.
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