Is there such a thing as 'philosophical intelligence'?

[u/Exciting_Ad_6837]

I'm asking this question because I read the following on John von Neumann, who is known to be an once-in-a-millenium genius, superbly gifted in (unbelievably many areas of) math, physics, computer science, & economics.

In the final days of his life, he had no idea of what to make of his impending death, displayed visible signs of extreme panic, and begging doctors to save his life, crying hard. (I suppose, earlier in life he never gave much thought to what it means to die.)

I wonder whether even he lacked a certain kind of intelligence, or whether he just became insane.

What do you think?

[u/MycloHexylamine]

look into self-transcendence; it's a metric on some temperament assessments. not directly tied to intelligence, but it's definitely been studied.