General, Academic, and Artificial Intelligence

My reactions to the chapters by Simon and Klahr ( Chapter 5 , Chapter 6 ) come out of a particular approach to the problem of intelligence and of thinking. I will try to make that approach clear before commenting on those chapters directly. More specifically, I will begin with some general remarks on intelligence as seen from a cross-cultural perspective. From this viewpoint I will consider both the “Academic Intelligence” which is measured by standard tests and the “Artificial Intelligence” achieved by machines. Only then will I turn to the chapters at hand.