Standing in the Midst: Intuition at the Fringes of Possible

Ana Ramos

doi:10.7577/rerm.5145

Authors

Ana Ramos SenseLab https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7417-8782

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7577/rerm.5145

Keywords:

intuition, speculative pragmatism, bifurcation of nature Misplaced Concreteness, qualitative research

Abstract

This paper is an entry point into a different way of doing research: speculative pragmatism. Its roots are to be found in A. N. Whitehead, W. James, H. Bergson, among others. The main concept it fosters for a speculative pragmatism practice is intuition (Bergson, 2007; Deleuze, 1988, 2002; Manning, 2016). Around a discussion on knowledge, the concept of intuition is a pivotal milieu that anchors the basis for thinking-with-research-in-the-making. In the outlining of this background, the classical structure of experience is challenged. It introduces the subjective nature of the event, and shifts the role of objects, as they are normally understood.

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