On Wednesday June 17 2009, Miguel Medalha wrote:
Somewhat off-topic, it could certainly be said that intuition, too, is an empirical fact.
Absolutely, positively not.
For many people, real intuition -- I am not talking about "guesses" here -- definitely is an empirical fact.
The brain has two hemispheres, you know.
Having two hemispheres is entirely beside the point. Both contribute distinct cognitive abilities and both contribute to intuition. Both are even necessary for science, but that's all irrelevant to what intuition is and that category to which it's suggestions belong.
Subjectivity is -- fortunately -- also a fact of life.
The subjective is just that: Existing in the mind of a cognitive agent. It may reflect objective reality, but it need not and often does not. Intuition is the result of unconscious mental processes. That it occurs is a fact and everyone has it, but what a person's intuition suggests is categorically not in the realm of fact. It _always_ requires empirical validation. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org