Metaphors of Mind: Conceptions of the Nature of Intelligence

by Robert J. Sternberg

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521386330
• ISBN13: 9780521386333
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"