Is the philosophical construct of “habitus operativus bonus” compatible with the modern neuroscience concept of human flourishing through neuroplasticity? A consideration of prudence as a multidimensional regulator of virtue

Practical wisdom in medicine through the eyes of medical students and physicians

“…3,4 Given systemic pressures against individualised patient care in today's medicine, 5,6 the need for practical wisdom to promote personcentred care is increasingly evident. So it is a welcome development that this virtue is receiving more attention from scholars not only in philosophy, psychology and neuroscience [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] but also in medicine [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] and medical ethics. [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] The emerging literature provides a variety of theoretical frameworks and contains a growing number of empirical studies that illustrate and inform these frameworks.…”

Editorial: Habits: plasticity, learning and freedom

“…After that, our Research Topic contains a series of articles introducing several philosophers' interpretation of habits: Felix Ravaisson (Gaitan and Castresana, 2014 ), William James (Blanco, 2014 ), and Merleau-Ponty (Moya, 2014 ). Then, we present a set of articles with various views on habits: as configurators of personal identity (Wagner and Northoff, 2014 ), on their possible role on epigenetics (Novo, 2014 ), on the relationship between neuroplasticity and a characterization introduced in medieval philosophy (Larrivee and Gini, 2014 ), and from a dynamic systems perspective (Barrett, 2014 ). After that, we go deeper into the role of habits in behavioral plasticity from different points of view: a computational model of habits as consolidated patterns of motor behavior (Egbert and Barandiaran, 2014 ), an anthropological theoretical reflection on their role in the integral development of the person (Güell, 2014 ), and an explanation of their importance on the social basis of learning (Akrivou and Todorow di San Giorgio, 2014 ).…”