Types of Intelligence

There are notions about different types of intelligence. The distinction of intelligence has grown from a single generalized characteristic to finer distinctions. Gardner's notion of multiple intelligences is an example. Another example is the notion of lines of development in Wilber's Integral Theory.

I suggest a more basic structural way of looking at the notion of intelligence. This space / time we inhabit requires a certain degree of capability for survival / viability / longevity / ... From this perspective there are at least three basic forms of intelligence and combinations and mixtures of them. One intelligence is how well we understand and deal with space. This is manifested in how well we can maneuver in space - not just with our bodies but also with our minds. We use space as a way of creating geometries of understanding phenomena, artifacts, ... There is also entity intelligence. In this space / time we inhabit, there are entities with various characteristics. How well we can understand, utilize, ecologize with these entities is a form of intelligence. Then there is time intelligence. How well do we understand time. When we see entities in this space we inhabit, we have a time sense of how things will change. How what we do will affect this unfolding of which we are a part. The implications of relationships and actions through time is an aspect of time intelligence. Here is an example of time intelligence.