intuitive knowledge

collocation in English

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intuitive
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈtʃuː.ɪ.tɪv/
us
/ɪnˈtuː.ɪ.t̬ɪv/
based on feelings rather than facts ...
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knowledge
noun
uk
/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/
us
/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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The evident character ofintuitiveknowledgecontrasts with the impossibility of passing this knowledge on or of explaining it.
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Just as thisintuitiveknowledgeis essential for design, the strategy can also aid in optimization.
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Thisintuitiveknowledgetakes the form of theories of action, which are developed through reflection in and on action.
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This allows them to take a creative approach to the interpretation of data and for their expertintuitiveknowledgeof practice to be explored.
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The former consists ofintuitiveknowledgethat "is automatic and is used spontaneously in language tasks" (p. 72).
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Practice-centred research incorporates many of the philosophical underpinnings of practitioner-centred research, but does not rely on individual practitioners focusing so much on themselves and their ownintuitiveknowledge.
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Swanwick (1994) has discussed this issue in terms of what he calls 'intuitiveknowledge'.
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It seems plausible that normal listeners would have suchintuitiveknowledge, because if they did not, they would surely have difficulty recognizing speech in contrast with other kinds of sounds.
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Schon argues that professionals rely onintuitiveknowledgeto solve problems.
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It appears that listeners learn quickly apparently because they haveintuitiveknowledgeof what makes a sound speech-like, and what deviations from speechiness are particularly important developmentally.
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However, it would seem thatintuitiveknowledgestill requires some kind of conceptual scheme, matrix, or category so that what is being taken in at a glance can be understood.
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Though young, his experience as a comedian shows in hisintuitiveknowledgeof what the audience sees.
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He was a man of innate foresight andintuitiveknowledge.
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The attitude changes as soon as the interpreter tries not only to apply theintuitiveknowledgeof speakers but to reconstruct it.
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It represents the attainment ofintuitiveknowledgeof spiritual truths.
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It indicates direct spiritual experiential knowledge andintuitiveknowledge, mystic rather than that from rational or reasoned thinking.
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Intuitiveknowledgeknows nothing, and compassion knows no law.
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At the highest stage of knowledge, that ofintuitiveknowledge, the mind apprehends all things as expressions of the eternal cosmos.
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In this way, the subject is able to know the world of things-in-themselves, and, presumably, is able to scientifically test noumena (direct,intuitiveknowledge).
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Traditional knowledge, as it is called, includes the human propensity forintuitiveknowledge, intelligent relations, understanding, and for passing on information about the natural world and the human experience.
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