The Concept of Intelligence
Author | : Ira Altman |
Publisher | : University Press of America |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 0761807373 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780761807377 |
Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Taking on a small part of the larger issue waged between dualists and materialists, the author presents an analysis of intelligence that supports Gilbert Ryle's analysis while exposing the limits that exist between the application of the concept of intelligence and other mental conduct concepts. Topics include the criteria of intelligence; Holloway's definition; intelligent success and change success; intelligence, reflexes, and tropisms; intelligence and instincts, learning, habit, and training ; purpose and intelligent action; style setting dispositions, exemplaries, and occasions; the minds of machines; Turing's analysis; the intelligence of computers; differences between machines and man; inductive and deductive reasoning; and the autonomous machine. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR