INTELLECT MIND OVER MATTERIn his latest work, Mortimer J. Adler probes the intellect's uniqueness, its relation to artificial and extraterrestrial intelligence, the role of language in relaiton to mind and meaning, and the uses, misuses, and disuses of the intellect. |
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Coming to Terms | 3 |
Is the Mind Observable? | 15 |
Is Our Intellect Unique? | 24 |
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