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Intuition Philosophy
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Historical Context and Bergsonian Primacy
The modern philosophical emphasis on intuition as a methodological tool is most closely associated with Henri Bergson and his work, Creative Evolution (1911). Bergson posited that the intellect, or analysis, is inherently suited only for the study of the static, spatialized structures of matter. To understand living processes, consciousness, and the élan vital, one must employ intuition—a form of sympathy or intellectual mirroring that places the observer *withi…