TY - JOUR AU - Talbot, Brian PY - 2010/02/18 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Psychology and the Use of Intuitions in Philosophy JF - Studia Philosophica Estonica JA - SPE VL - 0 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.12697/spe.2009.2.2.09 UR - https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/spe/article/view/14439 SP - 157-176 AB - <p>There is widespread controversy about the use of intuitions in philosophy.&nbsp; In this paper I will argue that there are legitimate concerns about this use, and that these concerns cannot be fully responded to using the traditional methods of philosophy.&nbsp; We need an understanding of how intuitions are generated and what it is they are based on, and this understanding must be founded on the psychological investigation of the mind.&nbsp; I explore how a psychological understanding of intuitions is likely to impact a range of philosophical projects, from conceptual analysis to the study of (non-conceptual) "things themselves" to experimental philosophy.</p> ER -