Open AccessENDOWMENT, TALENT, GENIUS: INTRODUCTION TO THE PROBLEM
Author(s) -
Zh. I. Trafimchik
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2014-11-2-29
Subject(s) - genius , endowment , sociology , epistemology , psychology , philosophy , developmental psychology
The article deals with the problem of identifying the border-lines among such notions as «endowment», «talent» and «genius». On the basis of the works of philosophers, psychologists and psychiatrists and also articles from foreign and Russian encyclopedic dictionaries, the author identifies the main characteristics of genius, distinguishing it from talent. This article presents the role of biological and social and psychological aspects in the emergence of a potential genius or extraordinary talent.