Concept

Intuition pump

Overview

An intuition pump is a type of thought experiment that leads the audience to a specific conclusion through intuition. Daniel Dennett, who coined the term, also called them "persuasion machines."

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Philosophers who discussed Intuition pump

• Twin Earth thought experiment

Related ideas

• Emotion
• John Searle
• Intuition
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• Memory
• Philosophical analysis
• Thought experiment
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• Chinese room
• MIT Press
• Daniel Dennett
• Here is one hand
• Elbow Room (Dennett book)

Place in the tradition

Part of American philosophy.

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