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> It’s arriving to some sort of truth about something, an event or experience without using any type of analytic reasoning Intuition is analytic reasoning (and
by sebastialonso 5y ago
> It’s arriving to some sort of truth about something, an event or experience without using any type of analytic reasoning
Intuition is analytic reasoning (and inductive as well) on steroids, but also done subconsciously, that's why it seems mysterious for some. A simple example is the moment of every episode of House M.D. when the actual answer comes: it's not magic, it's the brain continually re-examining information (analytic) and building models (mostly inductive) in the background.
Also, that site is two articles away from claiming the Earth is actually flat.
- heurisko 5y ago> Intuition is analytic reasoning on steroids > A simple example is the moment of every episode of House M.D. House M.D. was based on Sherlock Holmes, who uses inductive, rather than deductive reasoning. e.g. conclusions are not based on analytic reasoning of all the facts, but rather are supplanted by leaps of imagination, which made the series so compelling. Intuition is inductive reasoning. Because it's not solely analytic, it can also result in answers that are also completely wrong.
- sebastialonso 5y agoYes, I've fallen in the classic Holmes trap that appears everywhere. Allow me to rephrase with more detail then: intuition is a mix of strong analytic and strong inductive reasoning running non-stop in the background of consciousness.
- ceceron 5y agoI don't want to sound nitpicking, but if you're correcting someone, you should be ready to be corrected yourself... Sherlock Holmes used abductive reasoning. Deduction: cause + deductive rule -> effect Induction: (cause + effect) x many times -> deductive rule Abduction: effect + deductive rule -> possible causes
- chartpath 5y agoThanks for the breakdown! Abductive reasoning ftw.
- ryanjamurphy 5y agoThis is a fabulously concise way of explaining the difference between the three. Bookmarking your explanation to share in the future! A neat thing about reasoning is that we tend to use all three, too. Abduction → Deduction → Induction ... in cycles. More on topic with the OP: to me, intuition is what happens when we skip through these steps. It's the heuristics we use to make good decisions when we don't have the time to "abduce" possibilities, "deduce" the likely answer(s), and "induce" the evidence of our deductions.
- sanp 5y agoIsn't Abduction the same as forming Hypotheses? Not nitpicking or anything. Just asking if it is correct.
- ceceron 5y agoSure. I've used "possible causes" instead of hypotheses to match other reasoning methods.
- hinkley 5y agoIsn’t it a common complaint about Doyle that he has Holmes claim he is using one sort of logic when he is in fact using another? Seems like OP has fallen into that trap.
- revolvingocelot 5y agoIt's worth noting that Doyle also has Holmes express ignorance of the Copernican model of the solar system and of popular intellectual figures of the time. Sure, this is probably just lampshading any mistakes Doyle-the-writer might make when Holmes-the-character gets something wrong, but when Watson expresses incredulity at this ignorance, suggesting that Holmes' worldliness surely exposed him to such things, Holmes cheerfully replies that he only ever heeds that information, and that fidelity of information, which helps him solve cases. For whatever it's worth, I don't think Inspector Lestrade would appreciate the difference, so Holmes needn't bother either.
- hosh 5y agoI would say that intuition is more about synthesis than analysis, and it only looks like inductive analysis because that's what it looks like when you put the parts back together again.
- vba616 5y ago> it's not magic, it's the brain continually re-examining information (analytic) and building models (mostly inductive) in the background. This is how I feel things are, that I have an analytic task that I'm not directly conscious of, but I worry about whether it's normal or if people are trying to convince me it's not when it is. Isn't there a pervasive narrative that rational thinking is conscious and the subconscious is irrational and emotional? I tend to feel like emotions are in the foreground and clouding my ability to listen to the analytic part of my brain which is not directly accessible but most likely chugging along on something. Often when I'm listening to something, like in a video call at work, my conscious mind just glazes over or is occupied with irrelevant things, but when it's time for me to talk, it's as if an assistant suddenly handed me some talking points that were prepared.