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Intellect (other)
Intellect is the ability of the human mind to reach correct conclusions about what is true and what is false in reality, and how to solve problems. Intellect may also refer to: * Intellect (trade association), now TechUK * Intellect Games, a 1970s board game manufacturing company * "Intellect", a song by Killing Joke, 1998 See also *Active intellect, in medieval philosophy * General intellect, in Marxist theory *Passive intellect, in philosophy *Intellectual, a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society * Intelligence Intelligence 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. More generally, it can be des ..., the ability to perceive or infer information, and to retain it as knowledge * '' Nous'', a concept from classical philosophy {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intellect
In the study of the human mind, intellect refers to, describes, and identifies the ability of the human mind to reach correct conclusions about what is true and what is false in reality; and how to solve problems. Derived from the Ancient Greek philosophy term ''nous'', ''intellect'' derived from the Latin ''intelligere'' (“to understand”), from which derives the term ''intelligence'' in the French and English languages. The discussion of intellect is in two areas of knowledge that concern the relation between intelligence and intellect. * In classical philosophy and in medieval philosophy the intellect (''nous'') is the subject of the question: How do people know things? In Late Antiquity and in the Middle Ages, the intellect was the conceptual means of reconciling the religious faith of monotheism with the facts of philosophy and science about Nature, a reconciliation that would make the intellect the conduit between the human soul, and the divine intellect of the cosmos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
