In common usage, intuitions lead us to believe things without being able to articulate evidence or reasons for those beliefs. In philosophy, the [[epistemology|epistemic]] credentials of various types of intuition may be investigated, or "intuition" may be used as a technical term to single out a particular type of mental state or propositional attitude. Intuitions are distinguished from [[beliefs]], since we can hold beliefs which are not intuitive, or have intuitions for propositions that we know to be false. | In common usage, intuitions lead us to believe things without being able to articulate evidence or reasons for those beliefs. In philosophy, the [[epistemology|epistemic]] credentials of various types of intuition may be investigated, or "intuition" may be used as a technical term to single out a particular type of mental state or propositional attitude. Intuitions are distinguished from [[beliefs]], since we can hold beliefs which are not intuitive, or have intuitions for propositions that we know to be false. |