ABSTRACT

Itisthecontentionofthischapterthatthetheoryofan"intelligence quotient"isquiteinadequateasanaccountofhumanability.Idonot wishtodwelltoolongoncriticismsofI.Q.theorythathavebeenmade onempiricalgrounds,althoughthesewillbementionedwheretheyare relevant,butwillconcentrateinsteadoncriticismofthephilosophical assumptionsunderlyingthetheory.