Foundations of philosophy
Intelligence
In this vocabulary, intelligence means organizing direction, rather than IQ.
The big idea
The word has a broader meaning here than everyday cleverness or education. Stephenson assigns intelligence a role in the relationship between force and matter. Universal and Innate describe different scopes within that framework.
An everyday illustration
A written recipe represents direction for an activity. It helps distinguish the organizing idea from the ingredients and the work of cooking.
An original illustration to help explain the idea, not a quotation or evidence of a biological mechanism.
In the author’s words
“The function of intelligence is to create force.”
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Read it in context
Principle 8 states intelligence’s function very briefly. The surrounding principles provide its philosophical meaning; the word should not be read as a psychological test score.
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