Call for Submissions: Intelligence Issue 10.2

Intelligence is a multifaceted concept that involves the capacity to learn, reason, understand, and adapt to or shape one’s environment. It often refers to the mental capability of an individual to think logically, solve problems, make decisions, learn from experiences, and use language to communicate. Here are a few key points to consider:

• Cognitive Abilities: This refers to an individual’s ability to process information, reason, remember things, and solve problems. Cognitive abilities are often measured through IQ (intelligence quotient) tests.
• Emotional Intelligence: This aspect of intelligence involves the ability to understand and manage one’s own emotions, as well as the capacity to empathize with the emotions of others. It also includes the skill of using emotional information to guide thinking and behavior.
• Social Intelligence: This refers to the capacity to effectively navigate and negotiate complex social relationships and environments.
• Creative Intelligence: This aspect refers to the ability to go beyond existing knowledge and ideas to create new and original thoughts and innovations.
• Practical Intelligence: This involves the ability to deal with everyday tasks and problems, which may not necessarily involve formal reasoning, but require a sort of “street smarts.”

In the field of artificial intelligence, the term “intelligence” is used to refer to the capability of a machine to mimic cognitive functions that we associate with the human mind, such as learning and problem-solving.

It’s important to note that there is considerable debate among psychologists and cognitive scientists about how best to define and measure intelligence. Some argue that there are multiple intelligences, which may be independent of each other, while others favor a more unitary concept of intelligence.

For this issue, we invite authors to explore whether the concept of intelligence has evolved. We ask whether the quest to engage artificial intelligence is moving at a reasonable pace. We wonder how the concepts of education and intelligence relate. Does education affect intelligence or just the perception of intelligence? We ponder how the pervasiveness of media affects social intelligence or engagement. Do we value emotional intelligence in modern society? What is value of practical intelligence versus data interpretation? We look forward to engaging in discussion.