[MD] Intuitive Reasoning?

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Case <Case at iSpots.com>:

> [Case]
> Not everyone here denies that subjectivity has disappeared or is not
> valuable or that the subject object view is invalid. But from and SOM point
> of view subjective insight, intuition, revelation must be subordinated by
> some kind of external validation. Protestants for example believe personal
> revelation must be tested against the written Word in scripture. Scientists
> believe their insights must be tested against logic and external empirical
> testing. There are many examples of ideas in science and math where based in
> insight accepted without such empirical or logical testing because they were
> so powerful and yet they are accepted provisionally until tests or means of
> external validation could be worked out. Newton's calculus and Einstein's
> relativity are striking examples.
> 
> However, intuition and insight are frequently wrong and in the absence of
> any conceivable test are best kept private. 

Creative artists rely heavily on intuition (the muses). Many keep their works
to themselves. Those who put their creations out for the public to judge
are usually pleased when they are accepted. But popularity has never been a measure
or "test" of artistic merit. In fact, I can't think of any conceivable "test" that
ought to be imposed to keep art "private." (Which doesn't mean taxpayer dollars
so beloved by Arlo should be used to support pornography.)


 


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