Intuition and Reasoning in Geometry

intuition in philosophy, reasoning in mysticism

in his recognition of being and achievement of truth, man has two instruments in his constitution and two ways before him: intellect and heart; reasoning and intuition. some have opted the way of reasoning and underestimated intuition because of its lack of reasoning, and some have preferred intuition over reasoning because of its being presential (intuitive). with their research on philosophy ...

Kant on geometry and spatial intuition

Kant's philosophy of geometry can only be properly understood against the background of two more general features of his philosophical position: his fundamental

Reasoning, cognitive control, and moral intuition

Recent Social Intuitionist work suggests that moral judgments are intuitive (not based on conscious deliberation or any significant chain of inference), and that the reasons we produce to explain or justify our judgments and actions are for the most part post hoc rationalizations rather than the actual source of those judgments. This is consistent with work on judgment and explanation in other ...

Geometry, Construction, and Intuition in Kant and His Successors

Intuition and Reasoning in Choosing Ambiguous and Risky Lotteries # 440

This paper focuses on information acquisition and individual decision making in ambiguous situations and presents a novel experimental design which may help to tackle open questions from a fresh perspective. Instead of giving subjects the choice between risky and ambiguous Ellsberg urns, we let them choose between a safe option and a risky lottery, whose risk is a priori unknown to subjects. By...