[MD] Intuitive Reasoning?

[Dallas Van Winkle]

Isn't metaphysics itself in the realm of intuition?

On 9/18/06, Case <Case at ispots.com> wrote:
>
> [Ham]
> Only intuitive reasoning can arrive at such conclusions.
>
> [Case]
> This may explain a lot about your thinking, Ham. At first I thought
> 'intuitive reasoning' was an oxymoron.
>
> Then I found this:
>
> "Consider the following problem: is the Pope a bachelor?
>
> Two approaches suggest themselves to solve this "bachelor" problem, each
> producing a different answer.
>
> One possibility is an intuitive solution: our understanding of "bachelor"
> reflects similarity relations among people who are known to be bachelors.
> According to this intuitive approach, the Pope would not be seen as a
> bachelor.
>
> Alternatively, we may represent the concept of "bachelor" as a person who
> satisfies the rule, "unmarried, adult, male." Under this formal
> definition,
> the Pope, contrary to intuition, indeed would be a bachelor."
>
>
>
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nisbett/formalreas.pdf#search=%22intuitive%20
> reasoning%22
>
> This comes from a study entitled:
>
> "Cultural Preferences for Formal versus Intuitive Reasoning"
>
> It looks at differences in the problem solving strategies of westerners
> and
> East Asians.
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