04-15-2013, 12:56 AM
So then what is intuition and imagination?
e.g., some types of intuition incorporates a type of knowledge based on lived experiences... so there is a rational function to intuition... but experience crystalizes our ability to recognize patterns and make predictions. Perhaps a type of heuristic - a short cut, but one that needs to be confirmed/checked through our rational thinking bc heuristic may lead to errors (e.g., over generalizations and other cognitive distortions, even magical thinking). Imagination incorporates multiple levels of one's being and maybe integrated? So in all, they are dependent on a more holistic way of understanding life/self. That could mean rationality and intuition go hand in hand.
e.g., some types of intuition incorporates a type of knowledge based on lived experiences... so there is a rational function to intuition... but experience crystalizes our ability to recognize patterns and make predictions. Perhaps a type of heuristic - a short cut, but one that needs to be confirmed/checked through our rational thinking bc heuristic may lead to errors (e.g., over generalizations and other cognitive distortions, even magical thinking). Imagination incorporates multiple levels of one's being and maybe integrated? So in all, they are dependent on a more holistic way of understanding life/self. That could mean rationality and intuition go hand in hand.