The Importance of Intuition

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I don't interrupt your arguments by calling you like reliant on intuitions. All I was saying was I think our intuitions, I don't think we're going to come to a intuitively satisfying resolution to the kinds of problems that you're raising. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't raise the problems or there's not interesting discussions that can be had. The work that but the work that we're doing is coming up with reasons for actually believing one way or the other despite our intuition. It's not just playing around with intuitions here. But no, but it's saying like there is a meaningful difference in say the information accessible in the internet versus autos notebook that I think actually

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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