[MD] Anti-intellectualism revisited

[John Carl]

 Ron,

Thanks for addressing my confusion.

On 6/1/14, Ron Kulp <xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:
>>>
> Intellect is a term used in studies of thehuman mind, and refers to the
> ability of the mind to come to correct conclusions about what is true or
> real, and about how to solve problems.


Jc:  So is intellect involved at all in conceptualization?  Or does it
only work with given concepts?

(socially given or artistically imagined)


Ron:

 Historically the term comes from the
> Greek philosophical term nous, which was translated into Latin as
> intellectus (derived from the verb intelligere) and into French (and then
> English) as intelligence.

Jc:  Maybe my problem is that I've been arguing with Bo for so long,
that his and my debate has affected my interpretation.  Bo disdains
the intellect/intelligence confusion because he thinks that intellect
can only refer to S/O thinking.  That doesn't sound right to me, but
how do you argue anybody out of a chosen definition?

Especially since, from an MoQ framework, there is no single definition
that is objectively right.  So what IS the consensus of the Quality
definition?  The one that fits our system or the one that everybody
agreees upon?

John


> Discussion of the intellect can be divided into two broad areas. In both of
> these areas, the terms "intellect" and "intelligence" have continued to be
> used as related words.
>
> Intellect and Nous in philosophy. In philosophy, especially in classical
> andmedieval philosophy the intellect or nous is an important subject
> connected to the question of how humans can know things. Especially during
> late antiquity and the middle ages, the intellect was often proposed as a
> concept which could reconcile philosophical and scientific understandings of
> nature withmonotheistic religious understandings, by making the intellect a
> link between each human soul, and the divine intellect (or intellects) of
> the cosmos itself. (During the Latin Middle Ages a distinction developed
> whereby the term "intelligence" was typically used to refer to the
> incorporeal beings which governed the celestial spheres in many of these
> accounts.[1]) Also see: passive intellectand active intellect.
> Intellect and Intelligence in psychology. In modern psychology and
> neuroscience, intelligence and intellect are used as terms describing mental
> ability (or abilities) that allow people to understand. A distinction is
> sometimes made whereby intellect is considered to be related to "facts" in
> contrast to intelligence concerning "feelings".[2]Intellect refers to the
> cognition and rational mental processes gained through external input rather
> than internal.
> A person who uses intelligence (thought and reason) and critical or
> analytical reasoning in either a professional or a personal capacity is
> often referred to as an intellectual.
>
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