8. Witten Colloquium: Intuition – Its Essence, its Forms, its Development as a Skill for Research and Practice

Department of Human Medicine Faculty of Health of the University of Witten/Herdecke Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, Herdecke, Deutschland

"Intuition" is often understood as a gut feeling or an emotional intuition. There is also a conceptual concept of intuition, as described by Thomas Aquinas, Descartes and Steiner or by Hegel as an "intellectual insight." Intuition plays a significant, often neglected role in research and practice. In the meantime, intuitive action, as seen in experts...