The need for un-reason (intuition) even in the most purely logical realms to solve problems creatively
Submitted by Hermit Barber on Tue, 2011-02-01 05:37
"In fact the opposition of instinct and reason is mainly illusory. Instinct, intuition, or insight is what first leads to the beliefs which subsequent reason confirms or confutes; but the confirmation, where it is possible, consists, in the last analysis, of agreement with other beliefs no less instinctive. Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one. Even in the most purely logical realms, it is insight that first arrives at what is new." Bertrand Russell, Our Knowledge of the External World
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