The indispensability of intuitions / Marc A. Moffett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moffett, Marc A., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in epistemology

Cambridge elements. Elements in epistemology, 2398-0567

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intuition--Philosophy.

Intuition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (63 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"The idea that human beings possess a substantive source of non-experiential evidence (intuitions) has been ridiculed as mystical or hopelessly mysterious. This Element argues that intuitions are neither. On the contrary, it argues that intuitions are a ubiquitous and familiar feature of our cognitive lives and that their evidential status is no more puzzling than that of any other source of evidence. The author does not, however, parry this accusation by assimilating intuitions to less metaphysically uncomfortable entities. Assimilation is futile. Rather, they treat intuitions as their own kind of sui generis intentional states. But unlike many treatments of intuition, the focus is not on their role in the “a priori” disciplines. Instead, the author argues that eschewing intuitions undermines our knowledge on a very broad scale; they are epistemically indispensable. This Element constitutes a sustained argument for this conclusion"-- Cambridge University Press.

Contents:

Moderate dogmatism & phenomenology

Non-phenomenal presentational dogmatism

Intuition and concept application.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge University Press, viewed November 18, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Moffett, Marc A. Indispensability of intuitions

ISBN:

9781009544450

1009544454

9781009544443

1009544446

Publisher Number:

CIPO000290663

CIPO000293589

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license