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9780521386333

Metaphors of Mind: Conceptions of the Nature of Intelligence

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521386333

  • ISBN10:

    0521386330

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1990-07-27
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Metaphors of Mind seeks to help readers understand human intelligence as viewed from a variety of standpoints, such as those of psychology, anthropology, computational science, sociology, and philosophy. Much of the present confusion surrounding the concept of intelligence stems from our having looked at it from these different standpoints without considering how they relate to each other or how they might be combined into a unified view that goes beyond the boundaries of a particular discipline. Readers of Metaphors of Mind will come away with a comprehensive understanding of the concept of intelligence and how ideas about it have evolved and are continuing to evolve.

Table of Contents

List of tables
viii
Preface ix
Part I: Introduction
Metaphors as the foundations for theories of intelligence
3(20)
Part II: Definitions of intelligence
Historical views of intelligence
23(10)
Contemporary views of intelligence
33(36)
The seminal views of Galton and Binet
69(16)
Part III: Theories of intelligence looking inward
The geographic metaphor
85(27)
The computational metaphor
112(50)
The biological metaphor
162(16)
The epistemological metaphor
178(37)
Part IV: Theories of intelligence looking outward
The anthropological metaphor
215(26)
The sociological metaphor
241(20)
Part V: Theories of intelligence looking inward and outward
The systems metaphor
261(23)
Implications of the metaphorical approach
284(17)
References 301(32)
Name index 333(6)
Subject index 339

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