Toward an Understanding of Intuition and its Importance in Scientific Endeavor

Isenman, Lois

doi:10.1353/pbm.1997.0018

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“…Students equate the amount of weight with volume. Intuition is something that is clear and obvious, or easily accessible, and does not require further evidence, that argument is very simple and not challenging [6]. The term intuition is defined as define intuitions as mental representations of facts that appear to be self-evident [7].…”

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The influence of intuition and communication language in generating student conceptions

Handhika

Cari

Супармі

et al. 2017

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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Abstract. This research aims to describe the influence of intuition and communication language in generating student conceptions. The conception diagnostic test is used to reveal student conception. The diagnostic test results described and communication language profiled by giving instruction to students to make sentences using physics quantities. Sentences expressed by students are reduced and profiled potential effects. Obtained information that (1) Students generalize non-scientific experience (based on feeling) into the physics problem. This process caused misconception. Communication language can make the students difficult to understand the concept because of the difference meaning of communication and physics language.

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“…The term intuition is defined as define intuitions as mental representations of facts that appear to be self-evident [7]. Intuition as form of perception [6]. Intuition is a form of a clear perception of an event, without the need for further evidence.…”

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The influence of intuition and communication language in generating student conceptions

Handhika

Cari

Супармі

et al. 2017

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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“…More specifically, intuition connotes a style of information processing that involves implicit, perceptual and cognitive processes which can be quickly and automatically executed without conscious mental will. 1,2 As a result, people may know more than they can describe; 3 their sense, for example, of if or when to seek medical care 4 may not be consciously recognized nor easily be verbally articulated. 5 In contrast, intuition is not present when knowledge is consciously recognized but individuals simply lack the ability to verbalize it.…”

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When Should Patient Intuition be Taken Seriously?

Buetow

Mintoft

2010

J GEN INTERN MED

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As a style of information processing, intuition involves implicit perceptual and cognitive processes that can be quickly and automatically executed without conscious mental will, such that people know more than they can describe. Patient intuition can influence patient and clinician decision-making and behavior. However, physicians may not always see patient intuition as credible or important, and its management in the clinical setting is poorly understood. This paper takes a step toward suggesting conditions under which patient intuition should be taken seriously. These conditions relate to the credibility or accuracy of the intuitive beliefs held by the patient, and their significance to the patient. Credibility may be increased when the intuitions of patients (1) reflect their individualized knowledge, (2) can complement the common absence of scientific evidence in managing health problems, and (3) can quickly and effectively process key information in complex cognitive tasks. Even intuitions that lack credibility can be subjectively rational and meaningful to patients, and help to shape the decisions they and clinicians make.

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“…1 The fringe region is more readily experienced by some than others (Crawley et al 2002;Norman et al 2006;Fleck et al 2008). It can also greatly expand (Isenman 1997).…”

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“…The process is guided by evaluative, or metacognitive, signals that may appear in consciousness or its fringe, but also seem to function below awareness (Bowers et al 1990;Mangan 1993Mangan , 2001Isenman 1997;Metcalfe 2000;Dienes and Scott 2005;Norman et al 2006). It is responsive to emotional and motivational influences that are not necessarily conscious and may never have been.…”

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Digestive Enzyme Secretion, Intuition, and the History of Science: Part II

Isenman

2009

Found Sci

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A companion paper explored the role of intuition in the genesis of an alternative theory for the secretion of pancreatic digestive enzymes, looking through the lens of three philosophers/historians of science. Gerald Holton, the last scholar, proposed that scientific imagination is shaped by a number of thematic presuppositions, which function largely below awareness. They come in pairs of opposites that alternately gain cultural preeminence. The current paper examines three thematic presuppositions inherent to both the generally accepted model for digestive enzyme secretion and most consciousness-centered views of higher-level cognition-discreteness, reduction, and simplicity. Since they often build on each other, together they are referred to as the simplicity worldview. Also considered are the three opposite thematic assumptions inherent to both the alternative model for digestive enzyme secretion and intuition-friendly views of higher-level cognition-the continuum, holism, and complexity-together referred to as the complexity worldview. The article highlights the potential importance to scientific knowledge of this currently less favored worldview.The companion paper explored the role of intuition in science as viewed through the lens of three eminent historians/philosophers of science, Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, and Gerald Holton. The work of the third scholar (Holton 1973(Holton , 1998 illustrates the importance of largely unconscious thematic presuppositions in tuning scientific imagination and thought. They come in pairs of opposites that tend to fuel scientific controversy and alternately gain preeminence.As a case study the paper examined the controversy about the nature of digestive enzyme secretion in the pancreas. It focused on the possible influence of intuition in the development L. Isenman (B) Women'

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Toward an Understanding of Intuition and its Importance in Scientific Endeavor

Cited by 29 publications

References 10 publications

The influence of intuition and communication language in generating student conceptions

The influence of intuition and communication language in generating student conceptions

When Should Patient Intuition be Taken Seriously?

Digestive Enzyme Secretion, Intuition, and the History of Science: Part II

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