Gardner identified seven distinct intelligences in 1983. In 1999 identified an additional two intelligence.

These are the different types of intelligences he discovered:

1. LINGUISTIC – knowing the meaning of words, and having the ability to use words to understand new ideas and using language to convey ideas to others.

2. LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL – Understanding relations that exist among objects, actions and ideas as well as logical and mathematical operations that can be performed on them.

3. SPATIAL – Perceiving objects accurately and imagining in the “mind’s eye” the appearance of an object before and after it has been transformed.

The last six are unique to Gardner’s theory.

4. MUSICAL – Comprehending and producing sounds varying in pitch, rhythm and emotional tone.

5. BODILY-KINESTHETIC – Using one’s body in highly differentiated ways as dancers, craftspeople and athletes do.

6. INTERPERSONAL – Identifying different feelings, moods, motivations and intentions in others emotions.

7. INTREPERSONAL – Understanding one’s own emotions, and knowing one’s strengths and weaknesses.

8. NATURALISTIC – Recognizing and distinguishing among members of a group or (species) and describing relations between such groups.

9. EXISTENTIAL – Considering “ultimate” issues, such as the purpose of life and the nature of death.

And no, I do not think it is specifically covered in Gardner’s Intelligences.