Is it rational to trust one's intuition? Here is the core of the discussion developed in this... more Is it rational to trust one's intuition? Here is the core of the discussion developed in this essay. That issue is not new but still controversial, especially because of recent experiments, whose results indicate that sometimes intuitions are sensitive to irrelavant factors. Some authors conclude that the most rational decision shall be to favor alternative strategies - such as critical reasoning and the appeal to reflection, as a paradigm. Which is exactly the counter-claim of this essay. The main thesis is that it is rational to trust one's intuition, insofar as we correctly define this concept and specify the conditions according to which it makes sense to say that an attitude is rational - from an epistemological viewpoint, especially. For one thing, the term 'intuition' refers to a plurality of states, attitudes, strategies and faculties. These phenomena present a phenomenal profile that explains their common reference, though each one must have specific conditi...
Is it rational to trust one's intuition? Here is the core of the discussion developed in this... more Is it rational to trust one's intuition? Here is the core of the discussion developed in this essay. That issue is not new but still controversial, especially because of recent experiments, whose results indicate that sometimes intuitions are sensitive to irrelavant factors. Some authors conclude that the most rational decision shall be to favor alternative strategies - such as critical reasoning and the appeal to reflection, as a paradigm. Which is exactly the counter-claim of this essay. The main thesis is that it is rational to trust one's intuition, insofar as we correctly define this concept and specify the conditions according to which it makes sense to say that an attitude is rational - from an epistemological viewpoint, especially. For one thing, the term 'intuition' refers to a plurality of states, attitudes, strategies and faculties. These phenomena present a phenomenal profile that explains their common reference, though each one must have specific conditi...
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