Abstract
Intuitions are inputs to theoretical reasoning. According to the view developed in this book they play this role because they are justifiers. Intuitions are sometimes thought of as evidence. It is not always clear how to calibrate talk about justification and talk about evidence. Section 5.1 explores how the view of intuition developed in this book might relate to the view of intuitions as evidence. The main aim of the chapter, however, is to argue that in addition to these roles intuitions also play action-guiding roles. The argument proceeds by reflection on the transmission of justification through inference. According to the view of inference developed in this chapter, intuitions work like mental imperatives and inferences are mental actions performed by obeying them. This view is motivated as a way of maintaining inferential internalism in the face of worries about Carrollian regress