Perceptual knowledge gained through direct contact with objective things. The word “intuition” has different meanings in the history of philosophy. It is intueri in Latin, meaning gaze. In Chinese, the word means “intuition” or “instinct” under different contexts, and the literal meaning is direct observation. In Kantianism, intuition has two specific meanings: First, it refers to the perception or impression caused by the “thing-in-itself” on “self”. Kant called it “phenomenon” or “empirical intuition” and argued that it was posteriori, acquired perceptual knowledge, i.e., empirical intuition. Second, it refers to the pure form of “thing-in-itself” existing in the “self” before it acts on the “self”, i.e., time and space, which Kant calls “priori intuition” or “pure intuition”. He argued that this intuition is inherent, does not rely on experience, and makes “empirical intuition” possible basis or premise…
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