On the way to thinking otherwise

Abstract

Heinz Streib’s article “Wisdom and the Other” marks a significant step in moving toward a more “ex-centric” psychology—that is, one more oriented toward “thinking Otherwise” about the human condition. Streib’s article is also a valiant attempt to marry responsive phenomenology to the psychology of wisdom. Nevertheless, there is reason to question this marriage in terms of both the philosophical fit between the two and the methodological framework deemed necessary to empirically investigate it. Although Streib is to be commended for undertaking this important work, therefore, there is more to be done in the service of truly recognizing and affirming the priority of the Other in psychology and psychological life.