The Importance of Intuition

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I think it's really easy to just say oh yeah and cool that your smartphone is now part of your extended mind. I think actually like that would be an unreflective just like bad conclusion because the internet poses problems that weren't there in auto's notebook. We're coming up with we're trying to generalize some sort of principle trying to identify some sort of general principle like accessibility reliability. So it's not mere but it's not just so it's not merely mental masturbation. It's never mere intuition but there is intuition.

David and Tamler break down a recent classic in the philosophy of mind: "The Extended Mind" by Andy Clark and David Chalmers. What is boundary of your mind? Is it contained with your body, or does it extend to the external environment--to your laptop, notebook, smartphone and more? Is this a purely terminological question, or one with practical and moral significance? And what is the role of intuition in providing an answer? Plus, Dave shares an email alerting him to the psychological trauma of male circumcision along with an exciting all-natural method for restoring the foreskin (that was stolen from us as infants).

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