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Metaphors of mind : [electronic resource] conceptions of the nature of intelligence / Robert J. Sternberg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.Description: xvi, 344 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521355796
  • 9780521355797
  • 0521386330 (pbk)
  • 9780521386333 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.9 20
LOC classification:
  • BF431 .S7382 1990
NLM classification:
  • BF 431
Other classification:
  • 77.32
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- List of tables -- Part I. Introduction: 1. Metaphors as foundations for theories of intelligence -- Part II. Definitions of Intelligence: -- 2. Historical views of intelligence -- 3. Contemporary views of intelligence -- 4. The Seminal views of Galton and Binet -- Part III. Theories of Intelligence Looking Inward: -- 5. The Geographic metaphor -- 6. The Computational metaphor -- 7. The Biological metaphor -- 8. The Epistemological metaphor -- Part IV. Theories of Intelligence Looking Outward: -- 9 The Anthropological metaphor -- 10. The Sociological metaphor -- Part V. Theories of Intelligence Looking Inward and Outward: -- 11. The Systems metaphor -- 12. Implications of the metaphorical approach.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-332) and indexes.

Preface -- List of tables -- Part I. Introduction: 1. Metaphors as foundations for theories of intelligence -- Part II. Definitions of Intelligence: -- 2. Historical views of intelligence -- 3. Contemporary views of intelligence -- 4. The Seminal views of Galton and Binet -- Part III. Theories of Intelligence Looking Inward: -- 5. The Geographic metaphor -- 6. The Computational metaphor -- 7. The Biological metaphor -- 8. The Epistemological metaphor -- Part IV. Theories of Intelligence Looking Outward: -- 9 The Anthropological metaphor -- 10. The Sociological metaphor -- Part V. Theories of Intelligence Looking Inward and Outward: -- 11. The Systems metaphor -- 12. Implications of the metaphorical approach.

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