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Intelligence

Intelligence (/ˌɪntɛlɪˈdʒəns/) has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. It can be described as the ability to perceive or infer information and to retain it as knowledge to be applied to…

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related to Further reading · 167
Intelligence → Agency, AI, AI's IQ, AIs, Alan, Alex Pentland, Alfred, Am, Any, April, Archived, Artificial, Baltimore, Benjamin, Beyond, Binet, Blakeslee, Bock, Books, Boston
related to External links · 19
Intelligence → Archived, BBCHistory, By Douglas Fox, Collection, Definitions, Developed, Development, In Our Time, Indiana University, Influences, Intelligence Theory, Jonathan Plucker, June, November, Scientific American, Testing, The, The Limits, Wayback Machine
related to Artificial · 14
Intelligence → An, Deep Blue, Existing AI, Garry Kasparov, Haenlein, Hutter, In, Kaplan, Legg, Mathematician Olle Häggström, Progress, Scholars, Some, While
related to Etymology · 13
Intelligence → David Hume, English, Francis Bacon, Greek, Hobbes, In, John Locke, Latin, Latin De Corpore, Middle Ages, The, This, Thomas Hobbes
related to Nonhuman animal · 10
Intelligence → Although, Dogs, Kanzi, Non-human, Some, Stanley Coren's, The Intelligence, These, They, Wolfgang Köhler's
related to Intelligence quotient (IQ) · 9
Intelligence → An, As, General Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient, IQ, Over, Prominent, The, There
related to g factor in non-humans · 8
Intelligence → Cognitive, Evidence, First, Instead, IQ, Locurto, Studies, These
related to Definitions · 7
Intelligence → American Psychological Association, Board, Knowns, Scholars, Scientific Affairs, There, Unknowns
see also · 6
Intelligence → Active, Carroll, Horn, KnowledgeNeuroscience, Non-Human IntelligenceIntellectIntelligence, Philosophy
related to Human · 5
Intelligence → Human, It, Learning, These, Unified Cattell-Horn-Carroll

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Intelligenceis aintellectual power of humans0.90text
Intelligenceis aability to understand the social cues and motivations of others and oneself in social situations0.90text
Intelligenceis acapacity to understand right from wrong and to behave based on the value that is believed to be right0.90text
Francis Baconinstance ofThis approach to the study of nature was strongly rejected by early modern philosophers0.80text
Thomas Hobbesinstance ofThis approach to the study of nature was strongly rejected by early modern philosophers0.80text
John Lockeinstance ofThis approach to the study of nature was strongly rejected by early modern philosophers0.80text
and David Humeinstance ofThis approach to the study of nature was strongly rejected by early modern philosophers0.80text
all of whom preferredinstance ofThis approach to the study of nature was strongly rejected by early modern philosophers0.80text
the followinginstance ofdefinitions.Psychologists and learning researchers also have suggested definitions of intelligence0.80text
mammalsinstance ofVertebrates0.80text
birdsinstance ofVertebrates0.80text
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