Jim Devine writes: >> one thing: we need to dump the idea of "intelligence" as something >> that can be measured using a single number (IQ). Intelligence is >> multidimensional. Howard Gardner sees intelligence as "the capacity to >> solve problems or to fashion products that are valued in one or more >> cultural setting." Using this definition and empirical work, he came >> out with seven different kinds of intelligence: >> >> 1. Linguistic intelligence (sensitivity to spoken and written >> language, the ability to learn languages, and the capacity to use >> language to accomplish certain goals). >> >> 2. Logical-mathematical intelligence (the capacity to analyze problems >> logically, carry out mathematical operations, and investigate issues >> scientifically). >> >> 3. Musical intelligence (skill in the performance, composition, and >> appreciation of musical patterns). >> >> 4. Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence (the potential of using one's whole >> body or parts of the body to solve problems). >> >> 5. Spatial intelligence (the potential to recognize and use the >> patterns of wide space and more confined areas). >> >> 6. Interpersonal intelligence (the capacity to understand the >> intentions, motivations and desires of other people). >> >> 7. Intrapersonal intelligence (the capacity to understand oneself, to >> appreciate one's feelings, fears and motivations). >> >> Obviously, one can be more intelligent than other people in some ways >> while being less intelligent than them in other ways.
How does multiple intelligences in any way affect the issue of intelligence inheritability? Wouldn't a believe in racial intelligence inheritability simply say that certain races have an advantage in "logical-mathematical intelligence" while others have an advantage in "bodily-kinesthetic intelligence?" David Shemano
