Talk:Defining Intelligence

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Eugene,

Thank you for breaching an area of thought that is very necessary for ResearchID.org to progress as a useful resource. I have been intending to offer some suggestions on your material, but I have decided it best to let you develop your content as you were comfortable without my interference.

The Defining intelligent design is intended as a very brief overview of many different aspects of ID. Therefore, the content on specifics about intelligence needs to be moved to the page titled Defining Intelligence.

As for the content, it is of very high-quality and very concise. You have captured a good encyclopedic “flavor.”

I don’t want to overload the content requirement of this page, but I would only offer a few suggestions for future development of the article to explicitly include:

A brief summary above the table of contents is desirable. An ideal length is 3-8 sentences.
Links to other relevant pages on ResearchID.org
Historical perspectives on how intelligence has been studied and defined,
Philosophical understandings of intelligence from different schools of thought,
Psychological and sociological perspectives on intelligence,
Engineering perspectives on intelligence,
Computer science perspectives, especially regarding “computational intelligence,”
Biological perspectives on intelligence, especially “adaptive intelligence,”
Cooperative dimensions of intelligence,
Dynamic and synergetic results of the autonomous and cooperative nature of intelligence.

You are doing great work on this page and I hope these suggestions are helpful.

--Joey 13:39, 2 September 2007 (CDT)

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Preliminary definitions

1. The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge. 2. The faculty of thought and reason. 3. Superior powers of mind. See Synonyms at mind. An intelligent, incorporeal being, especially an angel. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

1. The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge, especially toward a purposeful goal. 2. An individual's relative standing on two quantitative indices, namely measured intelligence, as expressed by an intelligence quotient, and effectiveness of adaptive behavior. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

1 a : the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations b : the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests) 2 : mental acuteness —in•tel•li•gent /in-'tel-&-j&nt/ adjective —in•tel•li•gent•ly adverb

mind

1. The human consciousness that originates in the brain and is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination. 2. The collective conscious and unconscious processes in a sentient organism that direct and influence mental and physical behavior. 3. The principle of intelligence; the spirit of consciousness regarded as an aspect of reality. 4. The faculty of thinking, reasoning, and applying knowledge: Follow your mind, not your heart. 1. Individual consciousness, memory, or recollection: I'll bear the problem in mind. 2. A person or group that embodies certain mental qualities: the medical mind; the public mind. 3. The thought processes characteristic of a person or group; psychological makeup: the criminal mind.

2. Upper Southern U.S. To have in mind as a goal or purpose; intend.

[Middle English minde, from Old English gemynd. See men-1 in Indo-European Roots.]minder n.

Synonyms: mind, intellect, intelligence, brain, wit, 1reason These nouns denote the capacity of thinking, reasoning, and acquiring and applying knowledge. Mind refers broadly to the capacities for thought, perception, memory, and decision: “No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear” (Edmund Burke). Intellect stresses knowing, thinking, and understanding: “Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect” (Herbert Spencer). Intelligence implies solving problems, learning from experience, and reasoning abstractly: “The world of the future will be an ever more demanding struggle against the limitations of our intelligence” (Norbert Wiener). Brain suggests strength of intellect: We racked our brains to find a solution. Wit stresses quickness of intelligence or facility of comprehension: “There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise” (Roger Ascham). Reason, the capacity for logical, rational, and analytic thought, embraces comprehending, evaluating, and drawing conclusions: “Since I have had the full use of my reason, nobody has ever heard me laugh” (Earl of Chesterfield). See also synonyms at tend2

mind In addition to the idioms beginning with mind, also see back of one's mind; bear in mind; blow one's mind; boggle the mind; bring to mind; call to mind; change one's mind; come to mind; cross one's mind; frame of mind; go out of one's mind; great minds; half a mind; have a good mind to; in one's mind's eye; in one's right mind; know one's own mind; load off one's mind; lose one's mind; make up one's mind; meeting of the minds; never mind; of two minds; one-track mind; on one's mind; open mind; out of sight (out of mind); piece of one's mind; presence of mind; prey on (one's mind); put one in mind of; read someone's mind; set one's mind at rest; slip one's mind; speak one's mind; to my mind.

mind (m nd) n. 1. The human consciousness that originates in the brain and is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination. 2. The collective conscious and unconscious processes in a sentient organism that direct and influence mental and physical behavior.

Main Entry: mind Pronunciation: 'mInd Function: noun 1 : the element or complex of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and especially reasons 2 : the conscious mental events and capabilities in an organism 3 : the organized conscious and unconscious adaptive mental activity of an organism

mind n 1: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: head, brain, psyche, nous] 2: recall or remembrance; "it came to mind" 3: an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" [syn: judgment, judgement] 4: an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century" [syn: thinker, creative thinker] 5: attention; "don't pay him any mind" 6: your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces" [syn: idea] 7: knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect" [syn: intellect] v 1: be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by; "I don't mind your behavior" 2: be concerned with or about something or somebody 3: be in charge of or deal with; "She takes care of all the necessary arrangements" [syn: take care] 4: pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men" [syn: heed, listen] 5: be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to; "Beware of telephone salesmen" [syn: beware] 6: keep in mind [syn: bear in mind] [ant: forget]

the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Intelligence is a general mental capability that involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend ideas and language, and learn. In psychology, the study of intelligence is related to the study of personality but is not the same as creativity, personality, character, or wisdom.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_(trait)

Intelligence is a scientific journal dealing with intelligence and psychometrics.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_(journal)

Intelligence is the system's level of performance in reaching its objectives.

www.intelligent-systems.com.ar/intsyst/glossary.htm

many competing definitions exist for one of the most controversial concepts in psychology. The most influential in the assessment of intelligence in workplace settings is ‘the innate ability to perceive relationships and identify co-relationships’. The assumption is that much of the variation in intelligence can be explained by one general ability factor (G).

www.oup.com/uk/booksites/content/0199253978/student/glossary/glossary.htm

Intelligence is a generic term for various cognitive abilities. It is classified into different components, depending on the intelligence theory (eg in his work "The Berlin Model of Intelligence", AO Jäger lists: cognitive speed, memory, creativity, and reasoning to process verbal, numerical and figural material). ...

www.personalpsychologie.com/glossary.html

Ability to follow a program and carry out a routine in an expedient and effective manner. Compare Knowledge.

www.cosmicledger.com/glossary/i

is effectively perceiving, interpreting and responding to the environment. It is also taken to mean the ability of an organization to survive and meet desired goals and objectives.

www.mountainquestinstitute.com/definitions.htm

The ability of an individual to understand and cope with the environment; generally assessed with intelligence or "10" tests that are measures of aptitude.

www.upei.ca/~xliu/measurement/glossary.htm

The capacity to create constructively for the purpose of evolutionary gain. The ability to recognize that which is useful and that which is not, in the creation of internal and external change. Degree of sophistication in the manipulation of fact and materials on a progressive basis.

www.eoni.com/~visionquest/library/glossary.html

Intelligence concerning foreign developments in basic and applied scientific and technical research and development including engineering and production techniques, new technology, and weapon systems and their capabilities and characteristics; it also includes intelligence that requires scientific or technical expertise on the part of the analyst in areas such as medicine, physical, health studies, and behavioral analyses.

www.intelligence.gov/0-glossary.shtml

As ability: The ability to be able to correctly see similarities and differences and recognize things that are identical. Also the ability to figure out the correct relative importance of something.

www.geocities.com/clearbirds/study/glosstudy.htm

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