The topic of intelligence involves questions that cut deep into ultimate concerns and human identity, and the study of intelligence is an ideal ground for dialogue between science and religion. This volume investigates the notion of spiritual intelligence from a variety of perspectives, bringing together contributions from theology, computer science, linguistics, psychology, biology, and cognitive science. It defines spiritual intelligence as "processing things differently, not processing different things" and aims to describe it in naturalistic terms. Spiritual intelligence is not regarded as…mehr
The topic of intelligence involves questions that cut deep into ultimate concerns and human identity, and the study of intelligence is an ideal ground for dialogue between science and religion. This volume investigates the notion of spiritual intelligence from a variety of perspectives, bringing together contributions from theology, computer science, linguistics, psychology, biology, and cognitive science. It defines spiritual intelligence as "processing things differently, not processing different things" and aims to describe it in naturalistic terms. Spiritual intelligence is not regarded as a separate mental module or a magical ability to interact with the supernatural but rather as a specific, more spiritual way of engagement with reality, which has observable cognitive, phenomenal, and linguistic characteristics. The book is valuable reading for those working at the interface between science and spirituality.
Marius Dorobantu is an Assistant Professor of Theology & Artificial Intelligence at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Fraser Watts was formerly Reader in Theology and Science at the University of Cambridge. He is now Executive Secretary of the International Society for Science and Religion and Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln. He is co-editor of the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to Religion and AI.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I: The concept of "spiritual intelligence"
1 Spiritual intelligence: Editorial introduction
Marius Dorobantu and Fraser Watts
2 Cognitive processing in spiritual intelligence
Fraser Watts
3 Participatory spiritual intelligence: A theological perspective
Jordan Joseph Wales
Part II: Computational approaches
4 Cognitive modelling of spiritual practices
Vanessa Mathews and Fraser Watts
5 A social and computational perspective on spiritual intelligence
William F. Clocksin
6 Spiritual and artificial intelligence
Marius Dorobantu
Part III: Diverse intelligences
7 A biological perspective on spiritual intelligence
Michael J. Reiss
8 Spiritual intelligence in persons with intellectual disabilities