"The nature of intuition and its relation to other mental faculties, particularly perception, is one of the most hotly contested debates in philosophy of mind and psychology. Do intuitions justify belief or merely dispositions to believe? Is intuition a mental state with distinctive phenomenal...

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Main Author:	Koksvik, Ole (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Subjects:	Intuition Perception (Philosophy) Knowledge, Theory of Consciousness Bewusstsein Wahrnehmung Erkenntnistheorie
Online Access:	Volltext
Summary:	"The nature of intuition and its relation to other mental faculties, particularly perception, is one of the most hotly contested debates in philosophy of mind and psychology. Do intuitions justify belief or merely dispositions to believe? Is intuition a mental state with distinctive phenomenal qualities and if so, how do these differ from normal perceptual states? Drawing on the most recent philosophical research on intuition and perception, Ole Koksvik defends the idea that intuition not only justifies belief but can play a much wider role in our everyday epistemic lives than previously thought. Arguing that intuitional experience is similar to perceptual experience he develops a novel view of intuition as conscious experience. His argument involves both a close description of the kind of experience that intuition is and a defence of intuition against criticism from experimental philosophy. The picture that emerges defends intuitions not because they can be found to be true or false but because they permit us to consider the world as it is might otherwise be and are continuous with the rest of general human inquiry"--
Item Description:	Description based on print version record
Physical Description:	1 Online Ressource (xi, 164 pages : illustrations (black and white.)
ISBN:	9781315210544 1315210541
DOI:	10.4324/9781315210544