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Sources of Knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism, and the Kantian ... press.rebus.community 5 facts
claimImmanuel Kant argues that if intuition must conform to the constitution of objects, it is impossible to know anything about those objects a priori; however, if objects conform to the human faculty of intuition, a priori knowledge becomes possible.
claimRené Descartes defines intuition as the capacity to look inward and comprehend intellectual objects and basic truths, while defining deduction as reasoning where the truth of the conclusion is guaranteed by the truth of the premises.
quoteImmanuel Kant stated in his 'Critique of Pure Reason': 'Up to now it has been assumed that all our cognition must conform to the objects; but all attempts to find out something about them a priori through concepts that would extend our cognition have, on this presupposition, come to nothing. Hence let us once try whether we do not get farther with the problems of metaphysics by assuming that the objects must conform to our cognition, which would agree better with the requested possibility of an a priori cognition of them, which is to establish something about objects before they are given to us. This would be just like the first thoughts of Copernicus, who, when he did not make good progress in the explanation of the celestial motions if he assumed that the entire celestial host revolves around the observer, tried to see if he might not have greater success if he made the observer revolve and left the stars at rest. Now in metaphysics we can try in a similar way regarding the intuition of objects. If intuition has to conform to the constitution of the objects, then I do not see how we can know anything of them a priori; but if the object (as an object of the senses) conforms to the constitution of our faculty of intuition, then I can very well represent this possibility to myself. Yet because I cannot stop with these intuitions, if they are to become cognitions, but must refer them as representations to something as their object and determine this object through them, I can assume either that the concepts through which I bring about this determination also conform to the objects, and then I am once again in the same difficulty about how I could know anything about them a priori, or else I assume that the objects, or what is the same thing, the experience in which alone they can be cognized (as given objects) conforms to those concepts, in which case I immediately see an easier way out of the difficulty, since experience itself is a kind of cognition requiring the understanding, whose rule I have to presuppose in myself before any object is given to me, hence a priori, which rule is expressed in concepts a priori, to which all objects of experience must therefore necessarily conform, and with which they must agree.'
claimIntuition is defined as that which is immediately or directly presented to one’s awareness in perceptual experience, occurring prior to the attachment of meaning or the application of a concept in apperception.
perspectiveRené Descartes posits that reason alone, utilizing intuition and deduction, can provide certainty to all human knowledge.
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Dec 14, 2005 3 facts
claimTraditionally, philosophers have attempted to answer ethical questions in moral epistemology using intuition, a priori reasoning, and the consideration of hypothetical cases.
claimPhilosophers who support the use of intuition and a priori reasoning for moral knowledge debate whether the resulting justification is coherentist or foundationalist.
perspectiveNaturalistic philosophers consider the use of intuition and a priori reasoning for acquiring moral knowledge to be unreliable and prone to reflecting cultural and social biases.
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism: Sources of Human Knowledge ijesh.com 1 fact
claimRationalism is a philosophical position that emphasizes the role of innate ideas, intuition, and deductive reasoning in the acquisition of knowledge, maintaining that certain truths can be discovered independently of sensory input.
Virtue Epistemology, Anyone? - The Philosophers' Magazine - philosophersmag.com 1 fact
claimVirtue reliabilists define intellectual virtues as faculties such as intuition, memory, and perception.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 9, 1999 1 fact
claimVirtue reliabilists, such as Goldman, Greco, and Sosa, define intellectual virtues as faculties like perception, intuition, and memory, viewing their approach as a descendant of externalist epistemologies like process reliabilism.
Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimIntuition is often believed to provide direct access to knowledge of the a priori.
Epistemic Justification – Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology press.rebus.community 1 fact
claimVirtue reliabilism is the view that justified beliefs are produced by reliable cognitive faculties of persons, such as perception, memory, intuition, and introspection.
Theories and Methods of Consciousness biomedres.us Jan 29, 2024 1 fact
referenceErickson D L published 'Intuition, Telepathy, and Interspecies Communication: A Multidisciplinary Perspective' in NeuroQuantology in 2011.
Something Rich and Strange: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941 ... smuralis.wordpress.com Apr 16, 2012 1 fact
claimSri Aurobindo envisioned that the involuted Spirit must progress through Matter, Life, and Mind into higher planes including Higher Mind, Illumined Mind, Intuition, and Overmind, ultimately uniting with the Supermind to achieve an all-transforming unity and integrity.
The Impact of Cognitive Biases on Professionals' Decision-Making frontiersin.org 1 fact
quoteGuthrie et al. (2007) clarified that statistically significant differences between control and experimental groups in judicial studies do not imply that every individual judge made intuitive decisions, stating: “the fact that we generally observed statistically significant differences between the control group judges and experimental group judges does not mean that every judge made intuitive decisions. […] Our results only show that, as a group, the judges were heavily influenced by their intuition – they do not tell us which judges were influenced and by how much.”
Social Epistemology – Introduction to Philosophy - Rebus Press press.rebus.community 1 fact
claimNon-reductionism faces a phenomenalistic problem because, unlike other sources of justification such as perception, introspection, memory, or intuition, testimony does not inherently present itself as true.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
referenceLuke Roelofs and Jed Buchanan published 'Panpsychism, Intuitions, and the Great Chain of Being' in Philosophical Studies in 2019.
The Influence of Behavioral Biases on Investment Decisions jmsr-online.com Jul 8, 2025 1 fact
claimRetail investors often rely on heuristics, intuition, and social cues rather than structured financial analysis, unlike institutional investors.