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Empirical intuition (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that sort of intuition which relates to an object by means of sensation.

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Intellectual intuition (n.) judges ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by norms of which I am unconscious — irrational in its working, though afterwards I may recognize it accorded with reason.

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Moral intuitions (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠unknown until explored — slavery once seemed no problem, and our treatment of animals may be the next discovery.

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Mystic intuition (n.) happens ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠at a lonely outpost of the mind, dangerously cut off from the rest of the intellect.