EAST-WEST DIALOGUE Individual and Society through Ages. Third edition

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The concept of “intelligence” goes back to the Latin verb intellegere, meaning the acquirement, processing and storage of information. From this point of view, intelligence is restricted to the cognitive, mental abilities of the human being.

However, over the last two thousand years, the concept of “intelligence” has developed, acquiring a multitude of connotations, each representing an aspect of the intelligence reporting – human, first, then of the other species – to the knowledge and understanding of the immediate and extended reality.

Of course, the development of humanity at the high level of civilization imposed the approach of intelligence from the societal perspective, and from here, the relation-intelligence-information-knowledge and applications for the benefit of humans, and the prevention of societal risks and threats, became necessary and, somewhat, dominant.

Hence, it seems wise to understand the concept of “intelligence” as a multifaceted one. Information, Intelligence, Knowledge, Thorough Understanding of the World and Realities we come across, as well as the current international developments require a combined approach of these significations, to find the most appropriate solutions for keeping the balance of international powers and for raising the standard of living of the world’s population.

In front of the multitude of challenges the current world is facing, the concept of “intelligence: and its connotations become more important than ever. Aware of this reality, we considered as a duty to organize an international conference, dedicated to this concept and its possible evolution (or involution?). That is why we included it in our series, already dedicated to the East-West Dialogue (3rd edition, 2023), which brings together distinguished academics from all over the world.

In addition, it is obvious that in each academic field of research there is a specific connotation of this concept and therefore, we decided to offer representatives from as many fields as possible to present aspects of intelligence.

Of course, the societal-informational dimension is the dominant one, because all those who operate with it have the mission of preventing possible dangers, de-escalating conflicts, achieving balance and conferring a state of security for all humanity.

This general framework served as the starting point for a highly scientific debate by representatives of the national and international academic elite, whose host was, as usual, Hyperion University of Bucharest.

Renata G. TATOMIR, Professor PhD

–           for The Committee of the East-West Dialogue Conference, 3rd Editon,

Quo Vadis Intelligence?

Bucharest, July 7th, 2023