Multiple Intelligences

Abstract

In the book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligence (Gardner in Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligence. Basic Books, New York, 1983), Howard Gardner—Professor of Cognitive Sciences at Harvard University—defines intelligence as the ability to solve problems or create valued products within a cultural context. When talking about intelligence, Gardner does not attribute a particular positive quality to the word intelligence, even though in our culture it has a decidedly positive connotation. His idea of intelligence is rather closer to the concept of ‘potential’ than to that of ‘talent’.