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Intuition and Knowledge
The basic idea behind intuition is the instinctive knowledge. The intuitive knowledge of human beings is entirely based on their gut feelings. There are people who find themselves very intuitive. For instance, businesspeople often rely on their instincts or intuitions in order to make business decisions. It is because they trust their instincts and believe that just fac\ts and figures aren’t enough to make strategic level decisions (DeBellis, pp. 121). However, the practicality of intuition is not 100%. For example, a businessperson would not rely completely on intuition to make bigger decisions. Intuition plays a vital role in knowledge and is the basis for understanding. The reasoning and perceptions of human beings also depend on intuition. There are different fields of study which rely on intuition including natural sciences, ethics, mathematics, and others (DeBellis, pp. 125).
Intuition is a very broad topic and involves different arguments. However, there is little agreement in the literature regarding what intuition is. The confusion exists because different ideas are associated with intuition (Jeffrey and Linda, pp. 348).
It is also because intuition is used differently in different fields. In simple terms, intuition is the ability of human beings to understand something instantly. With the help of intuition, individuals can understand something without using conscious reasoning. Intuition allows people to gain certain knowledge. However, in order to gain valuable knowledge, intuition must be coupled with reasoning (Jeffrey and Linda, pp. 349).
Human life is a continual process acquiring information and transferring it into knowledge. The information received from different sources is the basic source of human knowledge. The things learnt by human beings are stored in their memory. Therefore, it can be said that the memory is the storage of knowledge and experience. This
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