Intuitions

Abstract

This paper develops a phenomenological account of intuition that differs in important respects from non-phenomenological accounts of the ordinary sense of "intuition." The phenomenological account is characterized by four features: an episodic character; the presence of an attentive mind; perfect clarity, i.e., having the intended object directly present as it is itself; and a truth-disclosive character. The view is exemplified in discussions of different kinds of intuition. The paper concludes that, despite the differences, the two approaches to intuition have some relation.