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Language and intuition as two distinct ways of knowing are something of polar opposites: language being seemingly strict and organized and intuition being subjective and relative. However, paired together, they can be a very powerful knowledge tool.

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Our impressions, prejudiceses and fondness have an impact on our decisions

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- It leads all of us towards new solutions
- scientific decision are based on past information
- depends on the consiousness of the person

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- Requires previous experience
-  Intuition based systems cannot do long term predictions
-people tend to overestimate the accuracy of what they know

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Intuition is effortless in the moment, but it relies on previous experience. It can be thought of as insights provided by the subconscious mind. Whereas instinct is a naturally built-in, innate and biologically fixed insight promoting evolutionarily adaptive behaviors.

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This article by Psychology Today aims to offer an answer to the question whether women have a 'special intuitive ability'. It argues that women are better at 'reading' (interpreting) emotions through facial expressions. However, one could argue that men are better at some (other) intuitions than women. Neuroscience would claim that these differences originate from the different wiring of men's and women's brains, as explored by this article from The Guardian. This would suggest that intuition is rooted in nature (and therefore perhaps closer to 'instinct'?).

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Intuition is a form of unconscious reasoning or reasoning from within, whereby we recognise patterns as we accumulate knowledge - Helen Fisher, Huffington Post

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"Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice." Steve Jobs

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Should you trust your first impression - TEDed

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Should you trust your first impression - TEDed

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Should you trust your first impression? - Peter Mende-Siedlecki

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“I speak only one language, and it is not my own.”
-Jacques Derrida
(https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4132.Jacques_Derrida)

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Areas of knowledge, in which language is at play

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Areas of knowledge, in which language is at play

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Language is the most basic way of knowing, so it is crucial to all areas of knowledge:
- The Arts (literature, music, visual arts etc.)
- Ethics (moral principles can be formed only on the basis of language)
- The Human Sciences (concepts in sciences such as economics, philosophy or media studies rely on language to be as accurate as possible)
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems (language is used to pass on knowledge from generation to generation)
- Mathematics (the language of mathematics)
- The Natural Sciences (nomenclature used to describe and explain natural processes and phenomena)
- Religious Knowledge Systems (conveying basic principles of a religion, although "the religious experience" is supposed to be free from language or "beyond" language)

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Language is essential to life, not just human

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Language is essential to life, not just human

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Language is present in every aspect of life. There is no reality for us without language.
Animals also use language. And it goes far beyond the bark of a dog or a meow of a cat. A very basic, simple "language" tells a fly to escape when it sees a fly swatter approaching to smash it.

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How does language influence the way we think?

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How does language influence the way we think?

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Lera Boroditsky: How language shapes the way we think

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There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language -- from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal directions instead of left and right to the multiple words for blue in Russian -- that suggest the answer is a resounding yes.

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- it is incompatible between cultures - different languages have different genealogies, so the senses conveyed by words vary from culture to culture
- because language lies in the hands of users, it is constitutionally unstable
- a lot of the times it is extremely inaccurate
- the lost in translation phenomenon
- linguistic determinism

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(consciously and unconciously)

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- its subjectivity is relatively small
- it is one of the most basic ways of knowing, so every other way of knowing is somehow based on it
- it is common for its users
- in addition to literal meanings, it can also convey metaphors

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It certainly is a very broad and ambiguous concept.

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It certainly is a very broad and ambiguous concept.

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A gimmicky picture found on one of ToK websites.

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A gimmicky picture found on one of ToK websites.

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from: http://sohowdoweknow.weebly.com/language.html

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What is language? Language is everything from the word "language" to a symbol as familiar as a Christian cross.
or more formally (according to theoryofknowledge.net):
"Language is generally where we begin when we try to explain a concept. But it’s hard to know the exact boundaries of the term ‘language’. Is it written, oral, or all forms of communication? Love, for example, is sometimes described as the universal language; music has been described similarly.