Intuition: the Inside Story :

Science could never have proceeded without the creativity of intuition--yet intuition is poorly understood and poorly studied. InIntuition: The Inside Story,scholars explore the nature of intuition and its practical place in the social and behavioral sciences and the arts. These contributors present the latest theoretical developments and research and provide every day examples of intuition from the lab and field. They discuss the nature and experience of intuition from the perspectives of anthropology, philosophy, physics, engineering, psychology, medicine and midwifery. Contributors include: P.Sven Arvidson, Marcie Boucouvalas, Guy Burneko, Robbie Davis-Floyd, Brenda J. Dunne, Jeremy Hayward, Charles D. Laughlin, Evelyn Monsay, Anne Pineault, Lucia Roncalli and Joe Sheridan.

FOREWORD

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Jeremy Hayward

PREFACE

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Robbie Davis-Floyd

P. Sven Arvidson

PART I: THE NATURE OF INTUITION

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1 INTUITION The Concept and the Experience

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Marcie Boucouvalas

2 THE NATURE OF INTUITION A Neuropsychological Approach

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Charles Laughlin

3 LOOKING INTUIT A Phenomenological Exploration of Intuition and Attention

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P. Sven Arvidson

4 SACRED LAND--SACRED STORIES The Territorial Dimensions of Intuition

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Joe Sheridan

Anne Pineault

5 WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS, BUILDING THE EARTH Intuition, Integral Consciousness, and the Pattern That Connects

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Guy Burneko

PART II: INTUITION, SCIENCE, AND PRAXIS

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6 INTUITION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC THEORY AND PRACTICE

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Evelyn H. Monsay

7 SUBJECTIVITY AND INTUITION IN THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

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Brenda J. Dunne

8 THOUGHT, ACTION, AND INTUITION IN PRACTICE-ORIENTED DISCIPLINES

129

(16)

Bob Harbort

9 INTUITION AS AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE IN MIDWIFERY AND HOMEBIRTH

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Robbie Davis-Floyd

Elizabeth Davis

10 STANDING BY PROCESS A Midwife's Notes on Story-Telling, Passage, and Intuition

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Lucia Roncalli

CONTRIBUTORS

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INDEX

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Intuition: the Inside Story : Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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