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Intelligence and reasoning are not one and the same

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2007

Ira A. Noveck  and
Jérôme Prado
Ira A. Noveck
Affiliation:
Laboratoire sur le Langage, le Cerveau et la Cognition (L2C2), Institut des Sciences Cognitives, CNRS–Université de Lyon, 69675 Bron, France. inoveck@isc.cnrs.frjprado@isc.cnrs.frwww.isc.cnrs.fr/nov/novmenuen.htm, http://jprado.ifastnet.com/
Jérôme Prado
Affiliation:
Laboratoire sur le Langage, le Cerveau et la Cognition (L2C2), Institut des Sciences Cognitives, CNRS–Université de Lyon, 69675 Bron, France. inoveck@isc.cnrs.frjprado@isc.cnrs.frwww.isc.cnrs.fr/nov/novmenuen.htm, http://jprado.ifastnet.com/
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Abstract

Lest the conjunction “intelligence and reasoning” seduce readers into supposing that the two are of a piece, we point out that analyses made at the superset level concerning intelligence do not readily align with or outperform the scientific advances made via investigations of reasoning, which at best can be viewed as a subset of intelligent behaviour.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 163 - 164
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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