<p>We agree that human beings have intuition - "the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning." And the <em>level</em> of intuition varies from people to people. 
Can animals think intuitively?</p>

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Welcome to CogSci! Though I appreciate that you specified a definition of intuition, I think this question is nonetheless impossible to answer from a cognitive science POV in its current form. We obviously do not have a measure of consciousness in animals, so we cannot know if animals have intuition by the given definition. You might find a better forum for it on the Philosophy SE.
Christian Hummeluhr
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is more of a philosophical question than a cognitive science question. If the quality is improved and it is made more specific it might be on topic at our Philosophy site.
Josh
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Can animals think intuitively?
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# Can animals think intuitively?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-21)

We agree that human beings have intuition - "the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning." And the *level* of intuition varies from people to people.
Can animals think intuitively?

**Tags:** cognitive-psychology, animal-cognition, intuition

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Welcome to CogSci! Though I appreciate that you specified a definition of intuition, I think this question is nonetheless impossible to answer from a cognitive science POV in its current form. We obviously do not have a measure of consciousness in animals, so we cannot know if animals have intuition by the given definition. You might find a better forum for it on the Philosophy SE.  
> **username_2**: I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is more of a philosophical question than a cognitive science question. If the quality is improved and it is made more specific it might be on topic at our Philosophy site.  

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