Difference between revisions of "Intuition"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_134134" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_134134" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) A looking after; a regard to. </p> <p> (2): (n.) Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth. </p> <p> (3): (n.) [[Direct]] apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; - distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] looking after; a regard to. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Direct]] apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; - distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74950" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74950" /> == | ||
<p> A name given to <i> immediate </i> knowledge, as distinct from <i> mediate </i> or inferential knowledge, and which is matter of consciousness or direct perception. </p> | <p> [[A]] name given to <i> immediate </i> knowledge, as distinct from <i> mediate </i> or inferential knowledge, and which is matter of consciousness or direct perception. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 04:27, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A looking after; a regard to.
(2): ( n.) Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth.
(3): ( n.) Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; - distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A name given to immediate knowledge, as distinct from mediate or inferential knowledge, and which is matter of consciousness or direct perception.
