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• In the years since I published Frames of Mind, I have often been asked how I first got the idea of—or for—the theory of multiple intelligences. Probably the most truthful answer is “I don’t know.”
• To put it in terms of my daily calendar, I was seeking to synthesize what I had been learning in the mornings from my study of brain damage with what I was learning in the afternoons from my study of cognitive development.
• “multiple intelligences” rather than “assorted abilities” or “sundry gifts.” This seemingly minor lexical substitution proved very important; I am quite confident that if I had written a book called Seven Talents it would not have received the attention that Frames of Mind received.
• definition of an intelligence and the identification of a set of criteria that define what is, and what is not, an intelligence. I
• I was claiming that all human beings possess not just a single intelligence (often called by psychologists “g” for general intelligence). Rather, as a species, we human beings are better described as having a set of relatively autonomous intelligences. Most