A mode of understanding or knowing characterized as direct and
immediate and occurring without conscious thought or judgment. There are
two distinct connotations which often accompany this term:
a) that the process is unmediated and somehow mystical;
b) that it is a response to subtle cues and relationships apprehended
implicitly, unconsciously.
The former borders on the unscientific and is not recommended, although it is certainly common enough in the nontechnical literature; the latter hints at a number of difficult but fascinating problems in the study of human behavior in the presence of complex situations.
Jung: intuitive type = one of Jung's hypothesized personality types.
function types: classification of personality types based on four functions:
Feeling and thinking were considered rational, sensing and intuiting irrational. All persons were assumed to possess all four functions, the typing was a reflection of which style dominated in the individual's overall makeup.
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