Agor, Weston H. An Agenda for Research on Intuitive Decision Making. Taggart, William, Commenter. New Directions in Public Administration Research. January, 1990; 2 (2): 015-021, 7 pages (JA 1).
  Intuition defined and/or displayed by example, What's wrong with current research on intuition? Concurrent progress in a closely related field, Recommended assumptions concerning research on intuition (Metaphysics, Disciplinary base and methodological approaches from which to build, Institutional structure of the research).


Block, Barbara. Intuition Creeps out of the Closet and into the Boardroom. Management Review. May 1990; 79 (5): 58-60, 3 pages (T 58).
  Organizations are discovering the benefits of teaching their employees to become more intuitive. Intuition training often occurs under the guise of creativity or leadership skills. Some experts emphasize the use of intuition in conjunction with rational, logical analysis. Difficult economic decisions may prevent intuition training from becoming a sweeping trend. Faced with pressures from competition, acquisitions, and cutbacks, companies are returning to logic and sequential, bottomline thinking. Still, a report issued by International Management is calling for increased training in intuition. Some predict that intuition training will continue to become part of more employee development programs.


Bohm, David, and Edwards, Mark. On the Nature of Thought. Chapter 3 in Part II A Dialogue on Thought in: Changing Consciousness: Exploring the Hidden Source of the Social, Political, and Environmental Crises Facing Our World. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991: 127-154, 28 pages (CB 430).
  We need a quality that we might call subtle intelligence. Subtle means finely woven. This suggests that thought could be regarded as a net of a certain degree of fineness. But based on memory, it cannot be very fine. Also whatever we remember is abstracted. Therefore memory leaves a lot out. As a result, thought is not able to grasp what is going on right now, at this very moment.


Cappon, Daniel. A New Approach to Intuition: IQ2. Omni. September 1994; 16 (11): 034-043, 7 pages (AP 2).
  The Intuition Quotient Test (IQ2) seeks to measure the capacity or innate ability of what the author thinks is the oldest and greatest part of human intelligence. With this test Cappon hopes to demonstrate the truth of intuition. He believes that intuition which is the handmaiden of inductive reasoning and analysis which does the same for deductive reasoning are both functions of our minds.


Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. What Has India Contributed to Human Welfare. In: The Dance of Siva: Essays on Indian Art and Culture. New York: Dover Publications, 1985: 001-018, 18 pages (DS 423).
  The essence of the Indian experience is to be found in a constant intuition of the unity of all life, and in the instinctive conviction that recognizing this unity is ultimate freedom. To say that East is East and West is West is simply to hide one's head in the sand. The inner riches that India brings to civilization is her constant application of abstract theory to practical life.
___. The Dance of Siva. In: Ibid.: 056-067, 12 pages.
  The root idea behind all the dances of Siva (Nataraja) is the manifestation of primal rhythmic energy. The essential significance of the dance is threefold: his rhythmic play is the source of all movement in the universe, the release of all men from the snare of illusion, and the place of the dance is within the heart. Nature is inert and cannot dance until Siva wills it.


Ewing, A. C. Reason and Intuition. Proceedings of the British Academy. 1942; 28: 067-107, 41 pages (AS 122).
  If there is one thing that is characteristic of the intellectual climate during the last ten years than any other it is the widespread distrust of reason. The remedy for our ills in ethics and in politics is not less but more reason, a reason which is neither so skeptical that it requires everything to be empirically given or formally proved, nor so credulous that it is a mere slave to the suggestive power of the reasoner's own desires, a reason which includes both critical reasoning and wise intuition. For though good will is the prime necessity and reason without will is paralyzed, will without reason is blind.


Fontenrose, Joseph. The Characteristics of Recorded Oracles. Chapter 1 in: The Delphic Oracle: Its Responses and Operations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978: 011-057, 47 pages (DF 261).
  Historical and legendary responses (Modes of expression (Simple commands and instructions, Conditioned commands, Prohibitions and warnings, Statements of past or present fact, Simple statements of future events, Conditioned predictions), Topics, Question formulae), Occasions of consultation, Observations, Characteristics of quasi historical responses, Addendum.
___. The Mantic Session. Chapter 7 in: Ibid.: 196-232, 37 pages.
  Chasm and vapors, Pythia's ecstasy, Speaking o f responses, Mantic ritual, Addendum: procedures of other oracles. If we look elsewhere in the ancient world, we find no example of an established inspiration Delphic Oracle. Nothing much like this appears in any contemporary society. Inspired seers and shaman are common enough, but they are not attached to a single site or establishment.


Gallwey, W. Timothy. Reflections on the Mental Side of Tennis. Chapter 1 in: The Inner Game of Tennis. New York: Random House, 1974: 016-021, 6 pages (GV 1002).
  Can one learn to play "out of his mind" on purpose? How can you be consciously unconscious? His mind is so concentrated that it is still. It becomes one with what the body is doing, and the automatic functions are working without interference from thoughts. When the player is in this state of concentration, he is really into the game; he is at one with racket, ball and stroke; he discovers his true potential. The skill of mastering the art of effortless concentration is invaluable in whatever you set your mind to do.
___. The Inner Game Off the Court. Chapter 10 in: Ibid.: 128-141, 14 pages.
  Unfreakability: the art of quieting the mind, Letting it happen, Concentration and higher consciousness, The goal of the Inner Game: the discovery of Self. When the player of the Inner Game has searched for and found his way to the direct experience of Self, he gains access to the catalyst capable of finally stilling the mind. Then his full potential as a human being is allowed to unfold without interference from self. He plays the rest of the game in the increasing joy of expressing his unique humanness. He is free.


Garfield, Charles A., and Bennett, Hal Zina. Voluntary Relaxation: Developing the Primary Skill for Controlling Concentration and Physical Intensity. Chapter 3 in: Peak Performance: Mental Training of the World's Greatest Athletes. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1984: 089-126, 38 pages (GV 706).
  Winning through relaxation: The athletic benefits, Emotions and physical actions, The right brain in sports, The second wind, Relaxation and the art of visualization, The three phases of relaxation training: 1) exploring relaxation and tension, 2) breathing for peak performance, 3) autogenic training, Summary, Applications for this lesson outside sports.
___. Athletic Poise: Maintaining Peak Performance Feelings. Chapter 5 in: Ibid.: 155-177, 23 pages.
  Secrets of the poised athlete, Peak performance feelings, Three steps to athletic poise: 1) the peak performance scale, 2) creating an expectation of success, 3) mentally rehearse psychological readiness, Summary, Applications for this lesson outside sports.
___. Letting Go: Turning Over the Controls to Your Internal Peak Performer. Chapter 6 in: Ibid.: 179-195, 17 pages.
  Dreams of success, How letting go looks and feels, How to let go, Four steps to letting go: 1) visualize the event, 2) quiet your mind, 3) rid yourself of negative thoughts, 4) focus on the present, Summary, Applications for this lesson outside sports.


Gelb, Michael J., and Buzan, Tony. The Art of Relaxed Concentration. Chapter 6 in: Lessons from the Art of Juggling: How to Achieve Your Full Potential in Business, Learning, and Life. New York: Harmony Books, 1994: 093-119, 27 pages (GV 1558).
  You've got rhythm, Learning fear, Mechanisms of fear, Transforming fear, Poise - your natural style, The Alexander technique and the art of unlearning, Juggler's meditation, Guidelines for the art of relaxed concentration. Cultivate your ability to be poised under stress and make poise and relaxed concentration part of all your visualizations for all your learning activities.


Hammond, Kenneth R.; Hamm, Robert M.; Grassia, Janet; and Pearson, Tamra. Direct Comparison of the Efficacy of Intuitive and Analytical Cognition in Expert Judgment. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. September/October 1987; 17 (5): 753-770, 18 pages (TA 168).
  Comparisons were made of engineers' use of analytical, quasi rational, and intuitive cognition on three different tasks. Intuitive and quasi rational cognition frequently outperformed analytical cognition in terms of the empirical accuracy of judgments. Judgmental accuracy was related to the degree of correspondence between the type of task and the type of the experts' cognitive activity.


Hedblom, Karen. The Persona of Rationality. New Directions in Public Administration Research. January, 1990; 2 (2): 001-011, 11 pages (JA 1).
  Polaristic structure of the psyche, Requirements of rational organization, "One best way": A study in obsession and imbalance, "Ideal type" and the suppression of passion, Legacy of Taylor and Weber. This article examines how identifying one's ego with rational work requirements may interfere with the individual's ability to maintain a healthy balance between the psyche's conscious and unconscious sides.


Huang, Al Chung-Liang, and Lynch, Jerry. The Foundation: Entering the Tao: The Beginner's Mind. Chapter 2 in: Thinking Body, Dancing Mind: Taosports for Extraordinary Performance in Athletics, Business, and Life. New York: Bantam Books, 1992: 031-084, 54 pages (GV 706).
  Affirmations, visualizations, exercises and guides on Beliefs, Positive thinking, Relaxation, Vision, Focusing, Centering, Intuition and Reflection.
___. The Finishing Touches: Advanced Taosport Virtues. Chapter 6 in: Ibid.: 280-292, 13 pages.
  Affirmations, visualizations, exercises and guides on Balance and Simplicity.


Hudson, W. D. Ethical Intuitionism. New York: St Martin's Press, 1967: 001-071, 71 pages (BJ 84).
  Introduction, Man benevolent and moral, Moral discourse, Moral sense, Rational intuitionism, Butler's view of conscience, The debate, What constitutes virtue? Some outstanding questions, Critique of intuitionism, Conclusion. Ethical intuitionism is here taken to be the view that normal human beings have an immediate awareness of moral values. Some contend that this awareness is a form of sense perception and others that it is reason, or understanding, which gives man this awareness.


Hutcheson, Joseph C. Jr. The Judgment Intuitive: The Function of the "Hunch" in Judicial Decision. Cornell Law Quarterly. 1929; 14: 274-288, 15 pages (K 3).
  As a lawyer, the author was trained to regard the law as a system of rules and precedents, and judges as "cold logic engines." As he grew older, he came to see that instinct was the nature of law itself, and the agent for change was the power of the brooding mind. This intuitional faculty was essential to the bench. Should there not go along with the severely logical study of jural relations, an endeavor to discover those and develop these processes of mind by which judicial decisions are reached? Then the student would learn to "take the case under advisement, and, brooding over it, wait for his hunch.".


Jahn, Robert G. The Persistent Paradox of Psychic Phenomena: An Engineering Perspective. Proceedings of the IEEE. February 1982; 70 (2): 136-170, 44 pages (TK 5700).
  Introduction, History, Conceptual organization, Pattern of contemporary research, Psychokinesis, Random event experiments, Remote perception, Theoretical concepts (Electromagnetic and geophysical models, Entropy and the random process, Hyperspace representations, Quantum mechanical models, Holistic models), The negative side (Criticism), Implications, 255 references.


Krishnamurti, Jiddu. Orderly Thinking. Chapter 8 in: Think on These Things. Edited by D. Rajagopal. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964: 071-079, 9 pages (BJ 1581).
  Do you know what I mean by order? It is to sit quietly without pressure, to eat elegantly without rush, to be leisurely and yet precise, to be clear in one's thinking and yet expansive. So, what is the problem? How can one have this creative joy of living, be expansive in one's feeling, wide in one's thinking, and yet be precise, clear and orderly in one's life? I think most of us are not like that because we never feel anything intensely, we never give our hearts and mind to anything completely.
___. An Open Mind. Chapter 9 in: Ibid.: 080-087,8 pages.
  If you do not look through the screen of any idea or belief, but actually have the direct contact, then you will notice what an extraordinary relationship there is between you and what you observe. If you have no prejudice, no bias, if you are open, then everything around you becomes extraordinarily interesting, tremendously alive. We must understand for ourselves which we can do only when we are very alert, watchful, observant, taking interest in everything around us.
___. The Attentive Mind. Chapter 18 in: Ibid.: 164-173, 10 pages.
  Either we try to discipline the mind so tightly that it cannot deviate, or we just let it wander from one thing to another. Now, what I am describing is not a compromise between the two; it has nothing to do with either. It is to be totally aware so that your mind is all the time attentive without being caught in the process of exclusion. If your mind has space, then in that space is silence. And from that silence everything else comes, for then you can pay attention without resistance.


Markley, O. W., and Harman, Willis W. Societal Choices and Consequences of Changing Images. Chapter 7 in: Changing Images of Man. Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, 1982: 163-180, 18 pages (CB 428).
  Contrasting future trends and images, Societal consequences of the technological extrapolationist image, Societal consequences of evolutionary transformationalist image (Individual and social goals, Institutions), Summary. We are being shaped by our urban industrial environment which is premised upon images of humankind whose historical origins are far removed from contemporary reality.
___. An Alternative View. Appendix A by Boulding, Elise in: Ibid.: 219-222, 4 pages.
  An alternative interpretation of history, Spiritual dimension of the human person, A third alternative image of humanness. Seven statements to contrast those in the book. Among these is a balance of the rational and intuitive, the same as in the evolutionary transformationalist image, and growth of spiritual life beyond concept of altered states of consciousness.


Mintzberg, Henry. Beyond Implementation: An Analysis of the Resistance to Policy Analysis. In: Operational Research '78: Proceedings of the Eighth IFORS International Conference on Operational Research. Edited by Keith Brain Haley. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1979: 106-162, 57 pages (T 57).
  The resistance to the use of analysis has traditionally been explained in terms of "implementation." These explanations are superficial. We must look beyond implementation to formulation for the reasons. Analysis has a number of shortcomings. In particular, it disregards another, fundamentally different mode of thinking - generally called intuition - which better suits many of the needs of policy making. Analysis in the guise of management science can be a narrowing force in organizations. Or else conceived as a companion to its intuitive complement, it can be a factor that helps society.


Needleman, Carla. Pottery: A Personal Exploration. Chapter 1 in: The Work of Craft: An Inquiry into the Nature of Crafts and Craftsmanship. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 197 9: 003-044, 42 pages (TT 149).
  The craving for results is the seemingly innocuous backdrop against which all activities take place. The study of being human is the ultimate craft and all crafts reflections of it. How can a craft teach us to be? I propose to mercilessly strip off the veneer of opinions, slogans, labels, forms of thought, fixed associations, that have made my life bearable even though they have numbed my sensibilities.


Robey, Daniel, and Taggart, William. Human Information Processing and Decision Support Systems. MIS Quarterly. 1982; 6 (2): 061-073, 13 pages (T 58).
  Hemispheric specialization in human information processing, Processing capabilities of electronic computers. Implications for information and decision support systems (Extension of the cognitive style concept, Division of labor between electronic computers and biocomputers, Implications for systems design). The authors conclude that the intuitive abilities of the right hemisphere cannot be duplicated in electronic computers. Despite much talk about heuristic cognitive styles and heuristic computer models, it is unlikely that intuition can be successfully modeled. Information systems which engage the rational and intuitive modes of thought are more likely to be useful than the conventional systems that support only the activities of the rational mind.


Robey, Daniel. Response to Rao, et al.: More Ado About Cognitive Style and DSS Design. MIS Quarterly. 1992; 17 (2): 151-153, 3 pages (T 58).
  The most important feature of the left/right metaphor for decision making is the notion of integration of the analytic and intuitive styles, not their separation. Rather than thinking of individuals as either intuitive of analytic, decision makers should be seen as integrated processors capable of defining and solving problems using both modes of thought. Used properly, the neuro physiological metaphor conveys the importance of using all of one's potential (the whole brain) in solving business problems.


Snow, C. P. The Two Cultures and a Second Look: An Expanded Version of the Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1964: 001-107, 107 pages (AZ 361).
  The Rede Lecture, 1959 (The two cultures, Intellectuals as natural Luddites, The scientific revolution, The rich and the poor), The two cultures: a second look. By training I was a scientist: by vocation I was a writer. It was through living among these two groups that I got occupied with the problem of "two cultures." In intellectual, moral and psychological climate, they had little in common.


Spencer, Earl. I Stand Before You. Newsweek. September 15, 1997: 024-029, 6 pages (AP 2).
  Earl Spencer the brother of Princess Diana had this to say in his eulogy at her funeral on September 6, 1997 "But your greatest gift was your intuition, and it was a gift you used wisely. This is what underpinned all your wonderful attributes. And if we look to analyze what is was about you that has such a wide appeal, we find it in your instinctive feel for what was really important in all our lives."


Spitze, Glennys. Syzygy: A Symbol of Maturation. Main Currents in Modern Thought. 1964; 21: 035-040, 6 pages (AP 2).
  In Jung's symbol of the syzygy, the anima and animus of the unconscious are the femininity of the man and the masculinity of the woman. The union of sex opposites is a clear, understandable, basic, way of gaining insight into the integrated personality. This thesis presumes a concept of the unconscious as "a gold mine as well as rubbish heap" with possibilities of self transformation to the point of mystic selflessness. The dualistic manifestations of the world always implicate each other; the two are coexistent in concurrent activities. Syzygy is an essential but not sole expression of psychic wholeness.


Sullivan, Deidre. Portrait of a Prophet. Omni. April 1992; 14 (7): 040-050, 078-082, 9 pages (AP 2).
  Kautz cautions not to get hung up on the method from which intuition flows. It might come in a dream, from gut feeling, as insight, through trance channeling. A specific mode doesn't make the information less credible. When developing intuition, the goal is to create ways to allow information to flow from the superconscious to conscious mind. Includes a thirty item Intuition Quotient test.


Taggart, William. A Human Information Processing Model of the Managerial Mind: Some MIS Implications. Chapter 15 in: Human Factors in Management Information Systems. Edited by J. M. Carey. Norwood, New Jersey: ABLEX Publishing Corporation, 1988: 253-268, 16 pages (T 58).
  Introduction, Levels of analysis (Consciousness, Mind, Brain, Body), The human biocomputer, Whole brain human information processing, Measurement of HIP styles, Application of HIP style measurement, Conclusion. The human information processing metaphor outlined here establishes a basis for understanding the managerial mind and a systems outlook for approaching it. This paper highlights the major features of the model in terms of levels of analysis and the biocomputer as well as the styles, mods, and elements of rational/intuitive manager and analyst behavior. Whole brain managers and whole brain systems professionals should blend the rational- intuitive modes in proportions appropriate to each situation.


Taggart, William, and Silbey, Valdur. Basic Concepts Concerning Information Systems and Data Administration. Chapter 5 in: Handbook of Information Resource Management. Edited by J. Rabin and E. M. Jackowski. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1988: 177-203, 36 pages (T 58).
  The nature of information processing as it takes place in the human mind and in the electronic computer is similar in some cases and quite different in others . Humans are dual mode rational/intuitive processors, while electronic computers are single mode imitating the left hemisphere of the human brain. We must learn how to combine man and machine in ways that take advantage of the processing strengths of each. One mode of processing (rational) supports the accumulation of information for problem solving, the other (intuitive), bridging the information gap that remains when all available information has been obtained.


Totten, Herman L. and Keys, Ronald L. The Road to Success. Library Trends. Summer 1994; 43 (1): 034-046, 13 pages (Z 671).
  The authors assert that library schools do not provide the necessary knowledge for born leaders to become great managers. They believe a model of leadership should be implemented in the curriculum that incorporates topics in 1) creativity, 2) risk taking, 3) innovation, and 4) intuition as well as discussion of their interdependence and uses in the workplace.


Turner, Victor. Introduction. In: Revelation and Divination in Ndembu Ritual. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1975: 015-033, 19 pages (DT 963).
  Presents the "kusolola" theme from the religious ritual of the Ndembu tribe. This means making something visible either as the disclosure of what has been previously concealed (divination) or as the manifestation of what resists conceptualization in linguistic terms (revelation). Divination is a mode of analysis while revelation is a prehension of experience taken as a whole.


Williams, Donald Lee. The Way of the Seer. Chapter 4 in: Border Crossings: A Psychological Perspective on Carlos Castaneda's Path of Knowledge. Toronto, Canada: Inner City Books, 1981: 071-083, 13 pages (F 1221).
  Forms of seeing: 1) spontaneous certainty, a sudden and convincing intuition about the nature of things as they really are, 2) perception of a spontaneous image that reveals the unconscious or psychic background, imaging the soul of things, 3) perception through physical sensations rather than through visual imagery, The guardian, The luminous egg and the will, Controlled folly.

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