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intuitionRapid, unconscious thought process. In philosophy, intuition is that knowledge of a concept which does not derive directly from the senses. Thus, we may be said to have an intuitive idea of God, beauty, or justice. The concept of intuition is similar to Bertrand Russell's theory of knowledge by acquaintance. In both cases, it is contrasted with empirical knowledge. |
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| In his view, our knowledge based on a limited study of the universe can only lead us to the idea of an eternal, transcendent God with the help of revelation and intellectual intuition. Yet it is precisely this intellectual intuition that has guided philosophy since Descartes: an ability of the mind to invent ways of saying, thinking, and creating an intellectual universe that we then try to "sell" to our fellow human beings. Instead, credit her with the intellectual intuition to understand that our crime debate is irrational not merely because of the sensational mass media. |
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