Posted by special_k on April 4, 2006, at 20:57:59
... In other words, emotion had a role to play in intuition, the sort of rapid cognitive process in which we come to a particular conclusion without being aware of all the immediate logical steps. It is not necessarily the case that the knowledge of intermediate steps is absent, only that emotion delivers the conclusion so directly and rapidly that not much knowledge need come to mind. This is in keeping with the old saying which tells us that 'intuition favors the prepared mind'... The quality of one's intuition depends on how well we have reasoned in the past; on how ewll we have classified the events of our past experience in relation to the emotions that preceded and followed them; and also on how well we have reflected on the successes and failures of past intuitions. Intuition is simply rapid cognition with the required knowledge partially swept under the carpet, all courtesy of emotion and much past practice'.
when all goes well ;-)
"Descartes Error" p. xii-xiii
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