This leads me to doubt the nature and reliability of "intuition" since this word has been and is being used by philosophers in nearly every discussion. Is intuition constructed by our experience, language or knowledge? Or a particular neuron circuit creates the illusion of intuition, the feeling of "that must be true"? — Charlie Lin
I don't think you can doubt about the nature of anything, including concepts. Nature refers to the basic or inherent features, character, or qualities of something. Everything that we can conceive has a nature. The only thing you can doubt about is the explanation, description, interpretation etc. by someone of the nature of something. And I believe that this is what you mean, isn't it?This leads me to doubt the nature and reliability of "intuition" — Charlie Lin
However research finds that if someone is an experience in a field then their intuition about something regarding that field is reliable. — Darkneos
IOW, doubting and logically evaluating intuitions can lead to having very reliable intuitions in the future. There is a synergy that can arise from the interaction of slow thinking and fast thinking. — wonderer1
IOW, doubting and logically evaluating intuitions can lead to having very reliable intuitions in the future. There is a synergy that can arise from the interaction of slow thinking and fast thinking.
— wonderer1
Not exactly no, intuition is more just playing off what you already know hence why it’s reliable with an expert. Logically evaluating them won’t take you anywhere. — Darkneos
Intuition is the immediate response you get on a subject based on experience, prior knowledge and culture. In short it’s pretty biased.
As for its accuracy, tests show intuition seems to right about 50% of the time, so you’d have better odds through guessing — Darkneos
In my experience, intuition is much more than a recognition of a priori or logical truths, it's a fundamental way of knowing. — T Clark
That's the essence of intuition for me - based on 71 years of experience, I have a feel for how the world works, how people work. I have a body of knowledge that I've picked up mostly without formally learning it - just from observation and experience. — T Clark
Cassirer characterizes intuition as a consonance of being and knowing which bypasses and transcends discursive understanding. It overcomes the limitations of discursive thought and is the basis of metaphysical cognition. I like this view. — Pantagruel
This book is concerned with the alleged capacity of the human mind to arrive at beliefs and knowledge about the world on the basis of pure reason without any dependence on sensory experience. Most recent philosophers reject the view and argue that all substantive knowledge must be sensory in origin. Laurence BonJour provocatively reopens the debate by presenting the most comprehensive exposition and defence of the rationalist view that a priori insight is a genuine basis for knowledge. This important book will be at the centre of debate about the theory of knowledge for many years to come.
Although 'way of knowing' might be too strong for me. I'd probably frame it more in terms of an approach to sense making. — Tom Storm
I've noticed that intuition seems to work better when you are feeling well and happy. There's something about the mindset required that for me makes it less accurate or harder to pull off when you are feeling down or troubled. — Tom Storm
You get ideas by opening up your mind and seeing what comes out. If you do it with other people, it's called brainstorming. — T Clark
:100: Old school. — Wayfarer
So intuition is what bridges the gap between the cognitions made possible within discursive thought, and the reality that is being cognized. — Pantagruel
In essence, it is about making estimates that are based on information that is extracted from an idealized model of your perceptions. — Pantagruel
…..allowing yourself to trust that faculty…. — Pantagruel
Discursive or conceptual cognition operates by casting concrete particulars in symbolic terms, which relies on general concepts or universals. But there is always a gap between the ideal rational cognition made possible by symbolic thought and the concrete totality. — Pantagruel
Very interesting. Doesn't this reflect the distinction between mathematical idealisation and reality? The former allows for complete precision as a matter of definition, of which the reality is always an approximation. (I have in mind the argument from equality in the Phaedo.) — Wayfarer
Actually, this is probably what you meant to say. There is an idealized model of the information received from perception, it even has its own name; intuition constructs the model but does not use it, hence, the notion of being a bridge. — Mww
There's no way to improve your intuitions apart from learning about something, and even then it's not a guarantee. — Darkneos
We’re saying the same thing for all practical purposes, in language two centuries apart.
Except for the trust part; that I can’t reconcile with disparities in language. My problem, not yours. — Mww
….knowledge (…) contains the framework of its own validation. Intuition doesn’t. — Pantagruel
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