Abstract
In this chapter, I discuss the metaphors of mind that underlie researchers’ thinking about intelligence. I discuss the geographic, computational, biological, genetic-epistemological, sociological, anthropological, and systems metaphors. I point out some of the advantages and disadvantages of the various metaphors. I conclude by arguing that metaphors are not “right” or “wrong” but rather more or less useful for particular purposes. Sometimes, it is optimal even to mix metaphors to understand how different ways of understanding intelligence can be mutually enhancing.
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Sternberg, R. J. (2019). The concept of intelligence. In The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence (pp. 3–17). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108770422.002
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