Ask Mark 5.11 - The place of intuition

Ask Mark 5.11 - The place of intuition Professor Mark Solms from the University of Cape Town (UCT) a question (see below) posed to him on UCT's free online course, "What is a Mind?", hosted by FutureLearn. For more information on visit http://bit.ly/1JB2Dxf . If you'd like to comment on any of this video, please e-mail [email protected]. For more information and queries, visit our Facebook page here: http://bit.ly/2cP4glc . CC-BY-NC University of Cape Town. Visit creativecommons.org for more information on this licence. Question: Where does intuition fit in to all of this? My understanding of intuition is that it is a process that gives us the ability to know something directly without analytic reasoning, appearing in our consciousness without us being fully aware of the underlying reasons for its occurrence. So is it more related to our instincts than our reason (our thinking - agency). In an article in 'Psychology Today' it was suggested that intuition could bridge the gap between the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind as well as between instinct and reason.