How many distinct types of intelligence does Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences identify?

1. Gardner studied extremely talented people from different fields. 2. He proposed that intelligence is not one entity but several distinct types. 3. The chapter says Gardner described eight types of intelligence. 4. They are linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinaesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic. 5. Hence Gardner's theory identifies eight types. _Source: syllabus Psychology Ch 1 "Variations in Psychological Attributes", p. 7, Theory of Multiple Intelligences_