This term is finding increasingly more common usage among psi researchers. Yet, once we acknowledge that anomalous experiences do occur, there is little merit in applying Occam's Razor to such a degree that we accept the existence of anomalous experience only in those rare circumstances in which elimination of other hypotheses is possible. Extrasensory perception may be inextricably intertwined with normal sensory perceptions, or to use the more recent rubric anomalous cognitions may be inextricably intertwined with normal cognition. One apt term for the types of experiences to which I am referring is intuition. It is the premise of this article that we can learn a great deal about psi through the indirect approach of monitoring the use of the term intuition in various cultural contexts.
Intuition is a wonderful word because it means so many different things to different people.
Some of the many definitions and understandings of intuition are mutually inconsistent. Still, the basic definition is simple. Other definitions stress that the intuitive process is itself unconscious. Naturally, attempts have been made to reduce to intuitive process to something less mysterious. Others believe that intuition is predicated upon biological instinct, for example, the intuition of a salmon in locating its spawning ground.