Rethinking Intuition The Psychology of Intuition and its Role in Philosophical Inquiry

by DePaul, Michael R.; Ramsey, William; Bealer, George; Cummings, Robert; DePaul, Michael; Foley, Richard; Goldman, Alvin; Gopnik, Alison; Graham, George; Gutting, Gary; Horgan, Tery; Horowitz, Tamara; Kornblith, Hilary; Pust, Joel; Rosch, E; Shafir, Eldar;

• ISBN13: 9780847687954
• ISBN10: 0847687953
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-10-22
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Ancients and moderns alike have constructed arguments and assessed theories on the basis of common sense and intuitive judgments. Yet, despite the important role intuitions play in philosophy, there has been little reflection on fundamental questions concerning the sort of data intuitions provide, how they are supposed to lead us to the truth, and why we should treat them as important. In addition, recent psychological research seems to pose serious challenges to traditional intuition-driven philosophical inquiry. Rethinking Intuition brings together a distinguished group of philosophers and psychologists to discuss these important issues. Students and scholars in both fields will find this book to be of great value.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction
1. "Rethinking Intuition": A Historical and Metaphilosophical Introduction	3	(14)
Gary Gutting
I. Psychological Research on Intuitive Judgments	17	(78)
2. Family Resemblances: Studies in the Internal Structure of Categories	17	(28)
Eleanor Rosch
Carolyn B. Mervis
3. The Psychology of Intuition	45	(14)
Edward J. Wisniewski
4. Philosophical Intuitions and Cognitive Mechanisms	59	(16)
Eldar Shafir
5. Whose Concepts Are They, Anyway? The Role of Philosophical Intuition in Empirical Psychology	75	(20)
Alison Gopnik
Eric Schwitzgebel
II. Rethinking Intuition and Philosophical Method	95	(106)
6. Reflective Equilibrium, Analytic Epistemology and the Problem of Cognitive Diversity	95	(18)
Stephen Stich
7. Reflection on Reflective Equilibrium	113	(16)
Robert Cummins
8. The Role of Intuition in Philosophical Inquiry: An Account with No Unnatural Ingredients	129	(14)
Hilary Kornblith
9. Philosophical Intuitions and Psychological Theory	143	(18)
Tamara Horowitz
10. Prototypes and Conceptual Analysis	161	(18)
William Ramsey
11. Philosophical Theory and Intuitional Evidence	179	(22)
Alvin Goldman
Joel Pust
III. Defending the Philosophical Tradition	201	(110)
12. Intuition and the Autonomy of Philosophy	201	(40)
George Bealer
13. Rationality and Intellectual Self-Trust	241	(16)
Richard Foley
14. Minimal Intuition	257	(14)
Ernest Sosa
15. Southern Fundamentalism and the End of Philosophy	271	(22)
George Graham
Terry Horgan
16. Why Bother with Reflective Equilibrium?	293	(18)
Michael R. DePaul
Reference List	311	(16)
Index	327	(6)
About the Contributors	333