Abstract
There is a widespread belief that the senses give us knowledge of particulars and the mind (or reason) gives us knowledge of meanings and universals. I want to examine this belief in order to indicate the various modes of knowledge and their sources. This should help us arrive at a better understanding of intuition and how it functions.
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C. I. Lewes, Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation (LaSalle: Open Court Publishing Company, 1946 ), p. 35.
L. Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations translated by G. E. M. Anscombe (New York: Macmillan Company, 1935 ).
Cf. E. Husserl, Ideas translated by Boyce Gibson (New York: Macmillan Company, 1931 ), p. 107–111.
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© 1956 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Kattsoff, L.O. (1956). Modes of Knowledge and Intuition. In: Logic and the Nature of Reality. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9282-8_7
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