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There are four properties for mind: (1) Instinct, (2) Intuition, (3) Logic and (4) Wisdom.

These are my definition of the properties and I am open to discuss them.

1) Instinct: The main driving force in any being.
3) Logic: The capacity to deduce things in term of other things.
4) Wisdom: The ability to guess what could be right or wrong to do which is based on all our experiences in our lives.

I am missing a definition for intuition and I hope we can discuss and reach to an agreement on that.

bahman wrote: 3) Logic: The capacity to deduce things in term of other things.

no, the "deduction" is about the definition of the (perception of the) thing, not the thing-in-itself - and induction leads to errors

as far as intuition is concerned, it relates to "knowledge" of that which is immediately sensed... the sensation of the thing outside of the language of the sensation...

-Imp

bahman wrote:There are four properties for mind: (1) Instinct, (2) Intuition, (3) Logic and (4) Wisdom.

These are my definition of the properties and I am open to discuss them.

1) Instinct: The main driving force in any being.
3) Logic: The capacity to deduce things in term of other things.
4) Wisdom: The ability to guess what could be right or wrong to do which is based on all our experiences in our lives.

I am missing a definition for intuition and I hope we can discuss and reach to an agreement on that.

These are outdated philosophical terms, you forget knowledge.

HexHammer wrote:

bahman wrote: There are four properties for mind: (1) Instinct, (2) Intuition, (3) Logic and (4) Wisdom.

These are my definition of the properties and I am open to discuss them.

1) Instinct: The main driving force in any being.
3) Logic: The capacity to deduce things in term of other things.
4) Wisdom: The ability to guess what could be right or wrong to do which is based on all our experiences in our lives.

I am missing a definition for intuition and I hope we can discuss and reach to an agreement on that.

These are outdated philosophical terms, you forget knowledge.

I am not a philosopher but I am interested to. So it would be nice of you if you could explain.

bahman wrote: I am not a philosopher but I am interested to. So it would be nice of you if you could explain.

Specify enquiry.

HexHammer wrote:

bahman wrote:
I am not a philosopher but I am interested to. So it would be nice of you if you could explain.

Specify enquiry.

What is intuition?

Impenitent wrote: as far as intuition is concerned, it relates to "knowledge" of that which is immediately sensed... the sensation of the thing outside of the language of the sensation...

That I know. But how do we acquire this sort of knowledge?

bahman wrote: What is intuition?

You need to add "knowledge" and "experience" into the equation.

Wisdom should be split up into following thinking factors:
- holistic
- critical
- abstract

HexHammer wrote:

bahman wrote:
What is intuition?

You need to add "knowledge" and "experience" into the equation.

Wisdom should be split up into following thinking factors:
- holistic
- critical
- abstract

Thank you but I asked about intuition not wisdom. By the way, I understand that holistic is the main attribute of wisdom. To me however the critical and abstract thinking are related to logic.

bahman wrote:

HexHammer wrote:

bahman wrote:
What is intuition?

You need to add "knowledge" and "experience" into the equation.

Wisdom should be split up into following thinking factors:
- holistic
- critical
- abstract

Thank you but I asked about intuition not wisdom. By the way, I understand that holistic is the main attribute of wisdom. To me however the critical and abstract thinking are related to logic.

Yes, but you have been given the answer, all those things condense into "intuition", that's why some have bad some have good intuition, some that may have good intuition in 1 area of expertise, may have bad intuition in another.

An stockbroker may have good intuition in investment, but if he was asked to do cooking he may make dishes that would make people vomit, because his understanding of timing and conjunctions of ingredients is way off.

HexHammer wrote:

bahman wrote:

HexHammer wrote:
You need to add "knowledge" and "experience" into the equation.

Wisdom should be split up into following thinking factors:
- holistic
- critical
- abstract

Thank you but I asked about intuition not wisdom. By the way, I understand that holistic is the main attribute of wisdom. To me however the critical and abstract thinking are related to logic.

Yes, but you have been given the answer, all those things condense into "intuition", that's why some have bad some have good intuition, some that may have good intuition in 1 area of expertise, may have bad intuition in another.

An stockbroker may have good intuition in investment, but if he was asked to do cooking he may make dishes that would make people vomit, because his understanding of timing and conjunctions of ingredients is way off.

Well my friend, you didn't yet answer what intuition is or what is the definition of it?

bahman wrote: Well my friend, you didn't yet answer what intuition is or what is the definition of it?

Oh yes you always need others to do the basic thinking for you, why don't you google it? ..instead of always relying on others being your external brain? Is it because you need attention?

I think of intuition as the largely unconscious piecing together of subtle informational cues to second guess the unfolding story.

Greta wrote:I think of intuition as the largely unconscious piecing together of subtle informational cues to second guess the unfolding story.

How would it get from the subconscious to the conscious?

PhilX

I think the subconscious relates more to age-old animal instinct that which can minutely sense its surrounding or feel imminent peril before it becomes apparent to awareness in which case it's usually already too late. The subconscious clearly preceded consciousness in being far more attuned to raw reality as the natural function of every living creature. It was mostly with humans that accruing consciousness began folding its ever increasing layers over the more specialized but limited domain of the subconscious seemingly limiting its input. We hear its voice as if from the underground as a warning or when consciousness being at a dead end seeks the advice of old and wrinkled Erda. In that sense also intuition or subconscious are the agents of prophecy.