intuitionism
Knowledge through insight
Intuitionism is a philosophical position holding that certain truths—especially moral ones—are known directly through intuition rather than reasoning or evidence.
In ethics, intuitionists argue we grasp right and wrong immediately, the way we perceive colors.
In mathematics, intuitionism is a school founded by L.E.J.
Brouwer that rejects proofs relying on the law of excluded middle, holding that mathematical objects exist only when mentally constructed.
Instinctive sense about something
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
snap judgment · tacit knowledge · pattern recognition · expertise · innate
- self-evidentRequiring no demonstration
- prima facie dutiesConditionally binding moral duties
- intrinsic valueWorth independent of circumstance
- goodnessMoral excellence
rightness · duty · conscience · a priori · deontological · pluralism · cognitivism · objective morality
Active knowledge-building theory
Knowledge rests on basics
- a priori knowledgeInsight preceding experience
- self-evidenceQuality of being obvious
- intellectualismEmphasis on reasoning pursuits
- incorrigibilityInability to be reformed
gut feeling
Instinctive sense about something
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
insight · snap judgment · tacit knowledge · pattern recognition · expertise · innate
G.E. Moore
- self-evidentRequiring no demonstration
- prima facie dutiesConditionally binding moral duties
- intrinsic valueWorth independent of circumstance
goodness · rightness · duty · conscience · a priori · deontological · pluralism · cognitivism · objective morality
constructivism
Active knowledge-building theory
foundationalism
Knowledge rests on basics
- a priori knowledgeInsight preceding experience
- self-evidenceQuality of being obvious
- intellectualismEmphasis on reasoning pursuits
- ethicsmorality, deontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism
- moral philosophymoral philosophy, moral judgment, moral reasoning, moral principles, moral conduct
- philosophiesempiricism, stoicism, nihilism, idealism, materialism
- philosophyethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology
- Constructive LogicHeyting algebra, constructivism, double negation, natural deduction, sequent calculus
- TranscendentalismTranscendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Walden Pond
intuitionismempiricism
Knowledge through observation
rationalism · consequentialism · moral relativism · non-cognitivism · subjectivism
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