Towards a Holistic View of Humanities

E-ISSN： 1447-9559|9|5|247-256

ISSN： 1447-9508

Source： The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review, Vol.9, Iss.5, 2012-01, pp. : 247-256

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Abstract

The paper investigates the deep structure of the human mind by analyzing multiple intelligences theory. Regarding serious critiques proposed by a number of cognitive neuroscientists, psychologists, philosophers, and educational theorists (i.e. Sternberg 1983, 1991; Eysenck 1994; Scarr 1985; Klein 1998; Demetriou and Kazi 2006; Demetriou, Mouyi, and Spanoudis 2010, among others), it seems that the different types of intelligence introduced by Gardner (1983) have a shared feature. The authors believe that this particular shared feature can be counted as the key point of the underlying system of human knowledge. Since human cognition may be analyzed by means of universal structures of the mind, and investigating this underlying structure is the most controversial issue of modern studies, paying attention to that feature is vital. The paper concludes with an emphasis on eliminating the borderlines between different fields of studies through the integration of arts, sciences, and linguistic competence.