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Conflicting Intuitions
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Research on intuitions about philosophical thought experiments shows a striking pattern. Often, there are powerful intuitions on one side and also powerful intuitions on the exact opposite side. A question now arises about how to understand this pattern. One possible view would be that it is primarily a matter of different people having different intuitions. I present evidence for the view that this is not the correct understanding. Instead, I suggest, it is primarily a matter of individual people having conflicting intuitions. That is, it is primarily a matter of individual people having an intuition on one side and also having an intuition on the opposite side.
Title: Conflicting Intuitions
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Research on intuitions about philosophical thought experiments shows a striking pattern.
Often, there are powerful intuitions on one side and also powerful intuitions on the exact opposite side.
A question now arises about how to understand this pattern.
One possible view would be that it is primarily a matter of different people having different intuitions.
I present evidence for the view that this is not the correct understanding.
Instead, I suggest, it is primarily a matter of individual people having conflicting intuitions.
That is, it is primarily a matter of individual people having an intuition on one side and also having an intuition on the opposite side.
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