Rethinking Intuition: The Psychology of Intuition and Its Role in Philosophical Inquiry

by Michael R. DePaul (Editor), William Ramsey (Editor), George Bealer (Contributor)

Ancients and moderns alike have constructed arguments and assessed theories on the basis of common sense and intuitive judgments. Yet, despite the important role intuitions play in philosophy, there has been little reflection on fundamental questions concerning the sort of data intuitions provide, how they are supposed to lead us to the truth, and why we should treat them as important. In addition, recent psychological research seems to pose serious challenges to traditional intuition-driven philosophical inquiry. Rethinking Intuition brings together a distinguished group of philosophers and psychologists to discuss these important issues. Students and scholars in both fields will find this book to be of great value.

Genres: Philosophy, Psychology, Nonfiction

352 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Michel Lamblin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The backbone of my Master's thesis - what a range of careful and diversified approaches to uncovering the fundamental building blocks of all philosophical inquiry! Unless you're an intuitions eliminativist, or believe that experimental philosophy has thrown out baby (intuition use) and bathwater (conceptual analysis) altogether!

[Doni · Rating 2 out of 5]

The quality of these essays was inconsistent. The best was "Reflective Equilibrium, Analytic Epistemology, and the Problem of Cognitive Diversity" by Stephen Stitch. The worst was "Philosophical Theory and Intuitional Evidence" by Alvin Goldman and Joel Pust.

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