| Traditional philosophy is dependent on casting intuition as a basic source of evidence. In light of modern advances within the domain of the empirical sciences, however, this practice stands open to challenge. This thesis begins by exploring the historical evolution of current folk psychological conception of intuition. Contrasting this conception with the two methodologies which attempt to treat the evidence of intuitional reports---philosophical and scientific---an analysis of the origins and nature of intuition is undertaken, which terminates with the conclusion that intuitions should merely be taken as hypotheses rather than considered basic evidence in our standard justificatory procedures. |
