Comments on: The Difference Between Logic and Intuition http://philcooke.com/logic_versus_intuition/ Change Revolution Tue, 22 May 2012 02:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael Buckingham http://philcooke.com/logic_versus_intuition/#comment-6130 Michael Buckingham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/logic_versus_intuition#comment-6130 <p>So right on. It's so easy for us to get our message that we forget that it's not that obvious to everyone else. As we are putting together a campaign, two words are at the core of the message: </p><p><strong>So What? </strong></p><p>Answer that and we're on our way of breaking through the clutter and earning the listeners/readers attention. <br /></p> So right on. It's so easy for us to get our message that we forget that it's not that obvious to everyone else. As we are putting together a campaign, two words are at the core of the message:

So What?

Answer that and we're on our way of breaking through the clutter and earning the listeners/readers attention.

]]> By: Dominique http://philcooke.com/logic_versus_intuition/#comment-6131 Dominique Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/logic_versus_intuition#comment-6131 <p>Great post and so true!</p><p>Re-launching my blog after my move from AZ to NH.  Starting tomorrow I will be taking a look at Obama for about 8 days and then I will focus on McCain.  I will end the next 2 weeks plus with a compare and contrast article on the two candidates.  So let me know what you think!</p><p>I have missed reading your blog.  It is good to be back! <br /></p> Great post and so true!

Re-launching my blog after my move from AZ to NH.  Starting tomorrow I will be taking a look at Obama for about 8 days and then I will focus on McCain.  I will end the next 2 weeks plus with a compare and contrast article on the two candidates.  So let me know what you think!

I have missed reading your blog.  It is good to be back!

]]> By: Adam L http://philcooke.com/logic_versus_intuition/#comment-6132 Adam L Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/logic_versus_intuition#comment-6132 Yeah... sorry Phil, but I'm going to have to disagree with your dichotomy of intuition and logic.  The best work in epistemology I have seen has shown quite convincingly that intuition relies upon logic, and logic relies upon intuition.  There is a dynamic interpenetration between the two.  That which is "intuitive" might very accurately be described as "tacit logic."  Per Polanyi's catchphrase "We know more than we can tell."  We cannot articulate the logic, but it is there.  With work, it is often possible to articulate that tacit logic, but sometimes it can only be articulated through art.  The better venture, I would say, is to apply ourselves to seeking ways to relate the one to the other, helping them to connect, not discarding one for the other, or making sweeping generalizations such as "people are intuitive, not logical"--which seems to be more along the lines of what you're communicating here, whether that's what you intended or not. Yeah… sorry Phil, but I'm going to have to disagree with your dichotomy of intuition and logic.  The best work in epistemology I have seen has shown quite convincingly that intuition relies upon logic, and logic relies upon intuition.  There is a dynamic interpenetration between the two.  That which is "intuitive" might very accurately be described as "tacit logic."  Per Polanyi's catchphrase "We know more than we can tell."  We cannot articulate the logic, but it is there.  With work, it is often possible to articulate that tacit logic, but sometimes it can only be articulated through art.  The better venture, I would say, is to apply ourselves to seeking ways to relate the one to the other, helping them to connect, not discarding one for the other, or making sweeping generalizations such as "people are intuitive, not logical"–which seems to be more along the lines of what you're communicating here, whether that's what you intended or not.

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