Language, Intelligence, and Thought

In this text, first published in 1993, Barrow decisively rejects the traditional assumption that intelligence has no educational significance and contends instead that intelligence is developed by the enlargement of understanding. It focuses on the issue of intelligence from a philosophical perspective. It should be of interest to students of education, philosophy and the philosophy of education alike.

Robin Barrow

Preface; Part 1: Intelligence; 1. The Educated Intelligence 2. Psychology and Intelligence 3. Philosophy and Intelligence 4. The Concept of Intelligence 5. Language, Thought and Intelligence; Part 2: Education; 6. Value Judgements 7. The Traditions of Thought and Inquiry 8. Liberal Democracy, Liberal Education, and the Cultivation of Intelligence