Is it a vicious circle or is it a merry-go-round? :D — OscarTheGrouch

Is there a chance you can expound a bit on this?

A few questions I can think of immediately:

Is this derived from Randian theory or elsewhere?
Does happiness first occur through experimentation and then your values are instantiated in order to reinforce behavior that lead to happiness? — OscarTheGrouch

The picture of intuition I have already presented is the one to be found in some Plato (perhaps the Meno and Theaetetus). According to the SEP, is also the median position to be found in modern philosophy as
S has the intuition that p if and only if S is disposed to believe p — magritte

Happiness is one’s ability to freely pursue his values.

values are generated based on promoting one’s wealth — OscarTheGrouch

Wealth is one’s means to happiness.

Happiness is one’s ability to freely pursue his values.

The problem emerges from my description of values, wealth and happiness. Man values things that bring him wealth, wealth brings him happiness because it allows him to more freely pursue his values? — OscarTheGrouch

It seems the sort of thing we all know and understand, but I find when I look more closely, I don't. I know something about odds and "gut feelings" and experience. These all fuzzy. But does it resolve into something definite under the right focus, or is it fuzzy all the way down? — tim wood

So what exactly is intuition? It is the ability to know something without analytic reasoning, bridging the gap between the conscious and non-conscious parts of our mind." — tim wood

There is a bug in your reply. — magritte

Intuition is a subjective personal source for suggesting possible beliefs which is far from being a source of any kind of knowledge. Intuitions are deeply psychological, exactly the sort of thing rational philosophy should be distancing itself from. — magritte

Intuitions are guesses but not raw guesses. For example, mathematical or artistic intuition starts with loading one's mind with everything already known on some narrow topic. Then subconsciously, which means without rational deliberation, testing many combinations of possibilities, even while sleeping, which pop into the conscious mind suddenly with a best fit guess to a problem. The result can remembered and further developed rationally. — magritte

I take it that you agree with me (and Plato) that the assessment of any sort of knowledge based on psychological intuition has to be dead wrong? — magritte

2. We can readily rely on this faculty to obtain knowledge. — Wheatley

Objection to 2: Science often makes discoveries that are counter-intuitive. In fact, history shows us that scientific breakthroughs are made by challenging traditional assumptions and intuitions. — Wheatley

This is not wrong, it's just nonsense. As I already pointed out, intuitions are private psychological hunches based on what each of us has already learned. — magritte

Public scientific discoveries are almost always counterintuitive, otherwise they would have been known to the ancients' intuitions.

Science is counterintuitive because the world that scientific instruments measure is different from our inborn naive intuitions of what the world we imagine ought to be. The fault is with our subjective psychological intuitions and not with objective scientific instruments. The scientific world is totally hidden from the naive conceptions of un-instrumented primitives like us.

Thanks for addressing this topic. — Nickolasgaspar

Intuitions are deeply psychological, exactly the sort of thing rational philosophy should be distancing itself from. — magritte

There are other senses of intuition than Kant’s. All I’m saying is that the link can be interpreted as conflicting with one of its referents — Mww

That an old system such as Kant’s has never been proven wrong doesn’t make it correct, just continuously useful, if only against which new systems are judged. — Mww

: That science makes breakthrough challenging extant intuitions, is sufficient presupposition for them, — Mww

That which is counter-intuitive doesn’t negate the power of intuition itself, but at most merely some content of it. — Mww

People look down on intuition, but it is much more powerful and effective than what we call knowledge. Our intuition is the fundamental basis of our intellect. To not recognize its importance is mind-bogglingly arrogant. — T Clark

Another snippet from Kahn: — Wayfarer

I'd like to gather some perspectives on the issue of wealth inequality in this country. There's always much talk about the 1%, and I wonder if anyone has read or researched extensively who exactly these people are and if there are trends in their philosophies or religious outlooks.

I think it's often forgotten that behind major corporations there are real people making the major decisions, with real thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and values. Since they're the "masters of the universe," it's worth understanding exactly who they ar — Xtrix

Then you must not have studied the classics. Was it Plato who complained about the incompetence of his fellow students? The budding philosophers at the Academy were at each other's throat at times, so I was told. — Caldwell

Cognitive biases are a well-established fact. The vast majority of people reason fallaciously in a wide variety of circumstances. — Pantagruel

Intuition has formed the basis of my professional career in troubleshooting computer systems. For a self-trained engineer, I have enjoyed considerable success. I feel it has guided my studies equally well. I've heard it described as "immerse yourself in your subject matter....and wait." I'd say that's accurate. — Pantagruel

From my understanding, intuitions are developed from experience and practice. Doctors, for example, gain intuitions about medicine by treating patients. My question is, is it necessary to postulate intuition as a mental faculty that allows us to obtain metaphysical knowledge? We all have intuitions in our everyday lives, that is certain. But to go ahead postulating an intuitive mental faculty is surely unwarranted. — Wheatley

Yes, ,much of everyday human reasoning is fraught with technical difficulties (viz. cognitive biases). So there is some faculty which counterbalances sensory reasoning. — Pantagruel

I personally have always enjoyed a highly-developed intuitive sense. — Pantagruel

How does on go about substantiating such a claim? — Wheatley

It's no mystery to me that there is such a thing. — Pantagruel

So, Trump against somebody in 2024 — ssu