Abstract
Few topics in the social sciences came up with more controversies than the influence of nature-nurture conflicts on child intelligence. There has been an old debate among Psychologists, is intelligence a product of nature (heredity) or nurture (environment). Psychologists stalemate, Scholars like Descartes are the proponents of nature, whereas people like Locke advocates nurture. Notwithstanding, Islam believes that, “the horns of a dilemma are usually on the same bull.” Therefore, this paper discusses the concept of intelligence is-à-is the nature-nurture conflict reflecting the evidences propose by each of the belligerent parties. Then it finally explores the Islamic worldview which reconciles between the conflicting views that Allah is the ultimate being that controls both the biological and environmental factors on the child’s intelligence.
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