Intuition, Thought and Action in the Clinic

• Published in: Interface (Botucatu, Brazil) Vol. 9; no. 17; pp. 317 - 332
• Main Author: Guimaraes, Maria Beatriz Lisboa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: 01-03-2005
• Subjects: Clinics; Diagnosis; Discourse; Health Care Services; Practitioner Patient Relationship; Treatment; Western Society
• ISSN: 1414-3283
• DOI: 10.1590/S1414-32832005000200008

This is a theoretical-conceptual study, with two narrative axes: one in the field of philosophy & another one on the level of the sociological analysis of knowledge or culture, which, in this case, examines clinical discourse This study intends to contribute to the analysis of diagnosis, therapeutics & care within contemporary western culture. The specific objective was to work with the category intuition as a basic element of knowledge within clinical practice, through the analysis of the process as it manifests itself among therapists & patients during treatment. We utilized the Intuitive Method proposed by Henri Bergson, aiming to discuss the limits of strictly rational thought & proposing the transposition of this method to the clinical sphere. In this study, intuition was treated as a synthetic form of perception(thought, in which the reality is apprehended by means of an immediate consciousness, guided by sensibility. References. Adapted from the source document.