Intellect

Intellect is a term used in studies of the human mind and refers to the ability of the mind to come to correct conclusions about what is true or real and about how to solve problems. Discussion of intellect can be divided into two broad areas. In bonth of these areas, the terms "intellect" and "intelligence" have continued to be used as related words.
 * In philosophy, the intellect is an important subject connected to the question of how humans can know things. Especially during late antiquity and the Middle Ages, the intellect was often proposed as a concept which could reconcile philosophical and scientific understandings of nature with monotheistic religous understandings by making the intellect a link between each human soul and the divine intellect of the cosmos itself.
 * In modern psychology and neuroscience, intellect is used as a term to describe mental ability that allows people to understand. Intellect refers to the cognition and rational mental processes gained through external input rather than internal.

Known Intellectuals

 * Ivan Vanko