Intuition is usually linked to knowledge that is accessed through a non-rational means.
Intuition is the ability to understand things instantly , without the need to carry out complex reasoning . The term is also used to refer to the result of intuiting: “I actually didn't know you were going to be there; It was pure intuition” , “I never knew what the chemical formula was; Just mix the ingredients by intuition.”
In colloquial language, intuition is used as a synonym for premonition (having the feeling that something is going to happen or guessing something before it happens): “Let's better get out of here; “My intuition tells me that there is something suspicious about these people,” “Daughter, remember that, beyond all the advice I can give you, you always have to listen to their intuition.”
Intuition for philosophy and psychology
At a philosophical and epistemological level, intuition is related to immediate, direct and self-evident knowledge . Therefore, it does not require any type of deduction.
For psychology , intuition is knowledge that is reached through a path that is not rational; therefore, it cannot be explained and sometimes cannot even be verbalized: “Why did I decide to choose that door? “I don't know, it was intuition,” “Intuition led me to abandon the car just one minute before it exploded.”
Intuition, in short, is linked to sudden reactions or sensations rather than elaborate and abstract thoughts. It is important to note that science does not allow comparing intuition with a paranormal or magical experience; He always tries to justify those issues that we cannot explain as the product of mental processes that are not accessed through consciousness and promises that, one day, in the not too distant future, he will find the exact reasons for these phenomena.
Intuition is often associated with a feeling.
Communication with the Beyond
Some paranormal scholars, such as psychics and parapsychologists, claim that we are in constant communication with a large number of spirits, both beings that we came to know and others that died long before our birth.
They say that these souls have a purpose, that they stay among us to resolve issues that they have left pending during their lives, and that many of them help us, even when we are not aware of it. According to this theory, intuition could simply be the reception of a message from beyond.
Science and intuition
Returning to the position accepted by science, when one anticipates an event, when one makes a phone call to a person who was trying to communicate with them at that very moment, or when one avoids an accident, what happens is that the brain reacts to the analysis of the information that its environment provides without giving us explanations , although this does not mean that they do not exist.
In the example of the car that explodes just one minute after the person left it without knowing why, a rational explanation would be that one of his senses unconsciously perceived a series of data that, after being studied by his brain , resulted in an imminent explosion.
In esoteric or paranormal disciplines, however, intuition can be considered a manifestation of extrasensory abilities , such as telepathy. It is possible, according to these beliefs, to develop the capacity for intuition through meditation and other practices.
Intuitive software
Currently, the adjective intuitive is used to describe computer program interfaces, referring to the fact that they are easy to understand for a user who sees them for the first time.
Both a menu and the configuration of the controls, whether in a video game or an application, are intuitive if they allow the person to understand them almost naturally, letting themselves be guided by their own intuition and without having to read an instruction manual.