In an environment characterized by an ever-increasing flow of data and resulting complexity, the development of intelligence analysis is of core importance. After a brief analysis of three core competences (data processing, empathy, critical thinking), decision making issues are addressed through considering on the one hand cognitive and psychological biases, and on the other hand methodologies...

Much work in machine learning views learning primarily as a process of representation. We propose instead to view learning as the rational interpretation of experience. This provides a unifying, precise framework that illuminates both the strengths and weaknesses of current learning methods and the possibilities for uniformly mechanizing different types of learning. This research was supported ...

Sternberg’s call for an educational focus on teaching wisdom can be viewed as part of a nascent trend to reorient educational psychology away from exclusive focus on the so-called algorithmic level of analysis. The thrust of his research program on wisdom, like those emphasizing rationality as a critical construct in educational psychology, is on aspects of cognition heretofore backgrounded: th...