Description:
There is little agreement today on what it takes to be intelligent. Yet this word is widely believed to be about something real, mostly biological, and important. Looked at closely, it turns out this word belongs more in the realm of traditional folklore than modern science.
Brief description:
John Edward Terrell is Regenstein Curator of Pacific Anthropology Emeritus at Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
Review Quotes:
"I think this is a successful initial broadside against a target that has been quite vexing in science for over a century - what we call intelligence, and what psychologists claim to be able to study rigorously." - Jonathan Marks, UNC Charlotte
"[The authors] brought a necessary interdisciplinary work that scrutinizes the general assumptions of the word intelligence." - Tory Schendel-Vyvoda