Editing Intuition (section)

{{Short description|Ability to acquire knowledge without conscious reasoning}}
{{other uses|Intuition (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Phrenology1.jpg|thumb|A phrenological [[Brain mapping|mapping]]<ref>{{cite book|first=Oliver|last=Elbs|title=Neuro-Esthetics: Mapological foundations and applications (Map 2003)|location=Munich|year=2005}}</ref> of the [[brain]] – [[phrenology]] was among the first attempts to correlate mental functions with specific parts of the brain.]]
'''Intuition''' is the ability to acquire [[knowledge]] without recourse to conscious [[reason]]ing or needing an explanation.<ref name="Webster dictionary" /><ref>{{multiref2
|1={{cite web |title=intuition|url= http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/intuition |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120719035104/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/intuition |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 19, 2012 |access-date= 22 December 2014 |website=Oxford Dictionaries}}
|2={{cite journal |last1=Epstein |first1=Seymour |title=Demystifying Intuition: What It Is, What It Does, and How It Does It |journal=Psychological Inquiry |date=30 November 2010 |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=295–312 |doi=10.1080/1047840X.2010.523875|s2cid=145683932}} }}</ref> Different fields use the word "intuition" in very different ways, including but not limited to: direct access to unconscious knowledge; unconscious [[cognition]]; gut feelings; inner sensing; inner [[insight]] to unconscious pattern-recognition; and the ability to understand something instinctively, without any need for conscious reasoning.<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{cite book |last1= Aurobindo |first1= Sri |title=The synthesis of yoga |year= 1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Ex6cSqqBSwC |access-date=26 December 2014 |pages=479–480|publisher=Sri Aurobindo ashram trust |location=Pondicherry |isbn= 978-0-9415-2465-0}}
|2={{cite journal|title=Intuition and consciousness|last1=Rosenblatt|first1=A.D.|last2=Thickstun|first2=J.T.|journal=Psychoanal. Q.|date=October 1994|volume=63|number=4|pages=696–714|doi=10.1080/21674086.1994.11927433 |pmid=7846187 }} }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Intuitive knowledge tends to be [[approximate]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Angier |first=Natalie |date=2008-09-16 |title=Intuition and math: A powerful correlation |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/health/18iht-snangier.1.16200080.html |access-date=2022-09-27 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The word ''intuition'' comes from the Latin verb {{lang|la|intueri}} translated as "consider" or from the [[Middle English#Late Middle English|late middle English]] word {{lang|enm|intuit}}, "to contemplate".<ref name="Webster dictionary">{{cite web |title=intuition|url= https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intuition |access-date= 22 December 2014|website=Merriam-Webster }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=intuition {{!}} Etymology, origin and meaning of intuition by etymonline |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/intuition |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=www.etymonline.com |language=en}}</ref> Use of intuition is sometimes referred to as responding to a "[[gut feeling]]" or "trusting your gut".<ref name=wilding>{{cite journal|last=Wilding|first=M.|url=https://hbr.org/2022/03/how-to-stop-overthinking-and-start-trusting-your-gut|title=How to Stop Overthinking and Start Trusting your Gut|journal=Harvard Business Review|date=10 March 2022|access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref>