The Importance Of Intuitive Thinking

When the statement, “Ways of knowing are a check on our instinctive judgments”, comes to mind, one may relate these ‘instinctive judgements’ to immediate responses influenced by ‘gut feel’ as the layman labels it. From a simple response to stimuli where a person touches a hot pan to a complex scenario where a quick decision needs to be taken by a businessman to save the downturn of a company; are intuitive based judgements. Thinking has been an instrument that society made its judgements upon, however questions are raised as to what kind of thinking process has society treated these evaluative implications: intuitive thinking that is driven by emotion or is it a product of a rational speculation? A debated issue in the human sciences, in which

This can be substantiated through the example Einstein as he quotes ‘When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to the conclusion that the gift of imagination has meant more to me than any talent for absorbing absolute knowledge .’ Artists incline towards imagination which is another way of intuitive thinking that has allowed them to convey their thoughts, emotions and thoughts onto a piece of canvas, in literature and other forms of art. Albert Einstein considered scientists to be artists too and brought forth the importance of intuition in generating new and creative ideas. Bauhaus , an influential modernist art school, had brought about a major change in the United States and Europe. Shaped in the early 19th century, the post-industrial timeline when the manufacturing and creativity were considered separate entities and this school had been successful in reuniting art and industrial design into the society. The sole purpose of Bauhaus coming to existence was because the post-industrial society’s inclination towards manufacturing of products and the fear that creativity was losing purpose in the society. The reuniting of these two elements proved to be the greatest achievement. To show that just objectivity in the society didn’t serve well. Intuitive potent fields like arts give way to broadening boundaries that help explore and achieve new limits to knowledge. While scientists use intuition to achieve breakthroughs in the art of scientific investigation Beveridge has encapsulated quotes from scientists through the course of history on how intuitive judgements prove hypotheses. Through these examples prove to be a successful tool to produce new