Intuition-talk: Virus or virtue?

Andow, James (2017) Intuition-talk: Virus or virtue? Philosophia, 45 (2). pp. 523-531. ISSN 0048-3893

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Abstract

The word ‘intuition’ is used frequently both in philosophy and in discussions about philosophical methods. It has been argued that this intuition-talk makes no (clear) semantic contribution and that intuition-talk is thus a bad habit that ought to be abandoned. I urge caution in making this inference. There are many pragmatic roles intuition-talk might play. Moreover, according to one plausible story (for which there is some empirical support), there is reason to think intuition-talk is actually a good habit for philosophers to have.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	philosophical methods,intuition,hedging,metaphilosophy,epistemic humility,intellectual humility
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Philosophy
Related URLs:	http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11406-...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2018 15:30
Last Modified:	20 May 2024 15:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/66009
DOI:	10.1007/s11406-016-9796-6

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