intuition

asked 2 years ago

Hello Rabbi, unfortunately I haven’t read Truth and Unstable and Two Carts yet. In any case, without going into the very meaning of intuition, you write that those who don’t trust it will be forced to be skeptical about everything. What’s wrong with that? What’s the closest thing to the truth?
2. According to Anad, it is not appropriate to say that I should also doubt that I doubt. Doubting is different from claiming something. Isn’t that right?

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מיכי Staff answered 2 years ago

1. When I said that the alternative is skepticism, this is not a counterargument but a clarification. If you are a complete skeptic, then fine. There is no way to argue against skepticism. But if you are not a complete skeptic, then of necessity you must trust your intuition. Now you must decide for yourself. 2. By the way, skepticism is not close to the truth because for the skeptic there is no such thing as truth. And this is the answer to your words at the end. The division that you make is itself the result of thinking and therefore subject to doubt. By the way, the division itself is also not correct in my opinion, but as mentioned, it is not important.

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a replied 2 years ago

if we simply put trust in intuition due to desperation, or lack of choice, or because we have a ‘feeling’ to trust it, this doesn’t make it more logical or rational?! and so don't it really justify its conclusions. it just states that we are bound to it. it might even be rational to act and think upon it due to its being the ‘only way’, but why is it ultimately persuasive? it’s kind like a circular justification. or in best case it’s something which we all agree to follow together (sort of social contract) why logical?

b replied 2 years ago

How would you respond to this great question?

מיכי Staff replied 2 years ago

Well, I've seen more great questions. This is the usual skeptical question. My answer is that there is no need to justify trust in intuition, just as there is no need to justify trust in the senses. I just know that it is reliable and that's it. If you want a justification for everything that is clear to you, you will never be able to provide such justifications. All bullying relies on basic assumptions that you cannot justify. The skeptic builds his vacuum on this. But this is very far from being a great question.